Total Crime Rate

171.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 171.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gorsedale Park area has the 31st highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 106th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gorsedale Park (CH44 4HG) in the last 12 months was 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 190.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorsedale Park (CH44 4HG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gorsedale Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Trentham Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Trentham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trentham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Denbigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Karslake Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucerne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ashville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsedale Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Naples Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mainwaring Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainwaring Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainwaring Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainwaring Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mainwaring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mainwaring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsedale Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Naples Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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