Total Crime Rate
180.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Hill Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 101st highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Hill Road (CH43 5RL) in the last 12 months was 180.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% lower than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (251.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 67.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Hill Road (CH43 5RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnard Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brimstage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yewdale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briardale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ridley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kings Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
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