Total Crime Rate

275.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

178.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 275.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 178.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 125.5 10/10
  • Public order 48.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Drugs 20.2 10/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harcourt Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 49th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Harcourt Avenue (CH44 6LJ) in the last 12 months was 275.3 per 1,000 residents and was 115.2% higher than the Seacombe average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 178.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harcourt Avenue (CH44 6LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shaw Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Harcourt Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Toronto Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mersey Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acacia Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order The Birches Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs North William Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Harcourt Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harcourt Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Leopold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leopold Street
Apr 2026Public order St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Road
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Luke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Grove

Data Sources

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