Total Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 28.0 7/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

William Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 178th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 William Street (CH44 7AQ) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around William Street (CH44 7AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Alfred Road. Police recorded 52 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 William Street area

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

Data Sources

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