Total Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathfield Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Heathfield Road (CH43 5RT) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathfield Road (CH43 5RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kings Mount, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near James Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kings Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briardale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | East Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Bank | 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 | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yewdale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merlin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Mount | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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