Total Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tollemache Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 274th lowest 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 Tollemache Road (CH43 8SY) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% 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 Drugs with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tollemache Road (CH43 8SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lingdale Road North, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Claughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brancote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lingdale Road North | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Valerian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Valerian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Howbeck Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shrewsbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broom Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aidan'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Aidan'S Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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