Total Crime Rate
283.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brentwood Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 48th 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 Brentwood Street (CH44 4BB) in the last 12 months was 283.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 211.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 151.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brentwood Street (CH44 4BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Hampstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorsedale Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorsedale Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deveraux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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