Total Crime Rate

59.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 59.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Eastcroft Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 454th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eastcroft Road (CH44 4BN) in the last 12 months was 59.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eastcroft Road (CH44 4BN), the main crime hotspot is near Crosfield Road. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eastcroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Evelyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Silverbeech Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cranford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deveraux Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brentwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deveraux Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merecroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechcroft Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A59 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Greencroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brentwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsedale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mollington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mollington Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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