Crime Rates at Adelaide Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9NJ

Adelaide Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 171st highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adelaide Road (CH42 9NJ) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 144.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Road (CH42 9NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brimstage Street, where police recorded 37 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.