Total Crime Rate

222.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 222.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough Way 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 Borough Way (CH44 6QU) 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 Borough Way (CH44 6QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Birches, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shaw Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brighton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keegan Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Birches Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shaw Street Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order The Birches Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brighton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keegan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brighton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shaw Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ferry Terminal Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Acacia Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keegan Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Abbotsford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acacia Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Birches
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Avenue
Sep 2025Robbery A5028 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry View Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tudor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lever Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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