Total Crime Rate

99.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Singleton Avenue area has the 45th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 257th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Singleton Avenue (CH42 9JH) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% lower than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (240.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Singleton Avenue (CH42 9JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heathfield Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkhurst Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Singleton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Moss Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oakdene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkend Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkend Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbank Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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