Total Crime Rate

100.0 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 100.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Other crime 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 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

St Oswalds Avenue area has the 58th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 251st 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 St Oswalds Avenue (CH43 7ZH) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Oswalds Avenue (CH43 7ZH), the main crime hotspot is near Glenfield Close. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Oswalds Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenacres Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Lazonby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lazonby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lazonby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lazonby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lazonby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fenderside Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Brearley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Firbrook Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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