Total Crime Rate
222.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harcourt Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 72nd 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 Harcourt Avenue (CH44 6LJ) in the last 12 months was 222.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% higher than the Seacombe average (119.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 133.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 178.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harcourt Avenue (CH44 6LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norman Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wickham Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tudor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Acacia Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Birches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Birches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Birches | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shaw Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A5028 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brighton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wickham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbotsford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keegan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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