Total Crime Rate

98.0 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bessborough Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 262nd 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 Bessborough Road (CH43 5RN) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bessborough Road (CH43 5RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near James Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnard Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bessborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Enfield Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ball'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marlborough Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Euston Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Euston Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clive Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oakdene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halcyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lynnbank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barren Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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