Crime Rates at Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9LZ

Borough Road area has the 55th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 319th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (CH42 9LZ) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (CH42 9LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harrowby Road South (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.