Total Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirley Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 285th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shirley Street (CH44 6PT) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirley Street (CH44 6PT), 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 | Borough Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Luke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| 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 | Fell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Toronto Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Birches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A5028 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harcourt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Under investigation |
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