Total Crime Rate

161.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Birkenhead Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 119th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Birkenhead Road (CH44 7BY) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 42.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkenhead Road (CH44 7BY), 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 Birkenhead Road area

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

Data Sources

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