Total Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belfield Drive area has the 51st highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 294th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Belfield Drive (CH43 5SJ) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belfield Drive (CH43 5SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Price'S Lane. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yewdale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highpark Road | 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 | Public order | Merlin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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