Total Crime Rate

276.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 276.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 60.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.1 10/10
  • Drugs 39.0 10/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 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

Arkle Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 48th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Arkle Road (CH43 7RR) in the last 12 months was 276.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arkle Road (CH43 7RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Solway Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Arkle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Sep 2025Other theft Vulcan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miriam Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tapestry Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Arkle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Arkle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St James Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deakin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elfet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamlin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benbow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Connaught Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Connaught Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ribble Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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