Total Crime Rate
61.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warrender Drive area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 441st highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warrender Drive (CH43 7SD) in the last 12 months was 61.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Bidston and St James average (152.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warrender Drive (CH43 7SD), the main crime hotspot is near Lingdale Road North. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bidston and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laird Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laird Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thistleton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valerian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapestry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapestry Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deakin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Valerian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
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