Total Crime Rate

79.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 79.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Birnam Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Liscard , and the 347th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birnam Road (CH44 9AY) in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% lower than the Liscard average (92.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birnam Road (CH44 9AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkside, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birnam Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainwaring Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bulkeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Denbigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mollington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mollington Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsedale Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorsedale Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Hood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rivington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Karslake Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trentham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Trentham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Trentham Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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