Total Crime Rate
256.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rakersfield Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in New Brighton , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rakersfield Road (CH45 1NW) in the last 12 months was 256.6 per 1,000 residents and was 215.2% higher than the New Brighton average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -5.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 108.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rakersfield Road (CH45 1NW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In New Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mason Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ross Tower Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Tower Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westbank Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rockpoint Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ross Tower Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Promenade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seymour Place West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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