Total Crime Rate
275.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
178.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harcourt 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.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Toronto Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Birches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harcourt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leopold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopold Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Luke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Grove | — |
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