Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 131.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 79.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Public order 28.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Priory Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (CH44 6PD) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (CH44 6PD), the main crime hotspot is near Shaw Street. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Luke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leopold Street —
Apr 2026Public order Leopold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harcourt Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Harcourt Avenue 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 2026Criminal damage and arson Toronto Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mersey Street —
Apr 2026Public order Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acacia Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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