Total Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beresford Road area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 335th 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 Beresford Road (CH43 1XG) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beresford Road (CH43 1XG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lorne Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cearns Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claughton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cearns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kent Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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