Total Crime Rate

101.5 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 101.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hawarden Avenue area has the 57th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 247th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawarden Avenue (CH43 4XJ) in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% lower than the Bidston and St James average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawarden Avenue (CH43 4XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alvanley Place, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Andrew'S Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawarden Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Merton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Radnor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Lindens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Lindens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lindens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Grafton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Westbourne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alvanley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alvanley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alvanley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alvanley Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Grafton Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs The Nook Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Euston Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Euston Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Francis Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henthorne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Henthorne Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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