Total Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastcroft Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 518th 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 Eastcroft Road (CH44 4BW) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 12 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastcroft Road (CH44 4BW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 34 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 | 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 | Halstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deveraux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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