Crime Rates at Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9QB

Borough Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 510th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (CH42 9QB) in the last 12 months was 51.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (CH42 9QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merlin Road, where police recorded 32 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.