Total Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunbury Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 413th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sunbury Road (CH44 9BD) in the last 12 months was 66.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Bidston and St James average (152.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunbury Road (CH44 9BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkside, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Liscard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deveraux Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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