Total Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillcroft Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 497th 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 Hillcroft Road (CH44 4BL) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillcroft Road (CH44 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brentwood Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deveraux Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deveraux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindeth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
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