Total Crime Rate
402.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
223.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyncroft Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lyncroft Road (CH44 4AY) in the last 12 months was 402.9 per 1,000 residents and was 164.9% higher 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 223.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyncroft Road (CH44 4AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crosfield Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dock Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deveraux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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