Total Crime Rate

107.6 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 107.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Worcester Road area has the 54th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 225th 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 Worcester Road (CH43 7QB) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 144.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Worcester Road (CH43 7QB), the main crime hotspot is near Hurrell Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Worcester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keswick Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keswick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoylake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worcester Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Worcester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoblyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurrell Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Hurrell Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Hurrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Worcester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Worcester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clover Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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