Total Crime Rate

127.5 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 127.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingsland 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 Kingsland Road (CH42 9NW) 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 Kingsland Road (CH42 9NW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oakdene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brimstage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgreen Road Under investigation
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 Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marlborough Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halcyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Harrowby Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clive Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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