Total Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Egerton Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 1,056 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 Egerton Road (CH43 1UL) in the last 12 months was 10.6 per 1,000 residents and was 93.1% lower than the Bidston and St James average (152.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Egerton Road (CH43 1UL), the main crime hotspot is near Epworth Close. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Claughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devonshire Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Epworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Epworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Epworth Close | Under investigation |
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