Total Crime Rate

87.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Rosemary Close area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 312th 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 Rosemary Close (CH43 7NZ) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosemary Close (CH43 7NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rosemary Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tapestry Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gautby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gautby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benbow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Challis Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Arkle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood Park
Sep 2025Public order Arkle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Townsend Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Flaybrick Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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