Total Crime Rate

439.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 439.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 165.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.6 10/10
  • Public order 53.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.4 10/10
  • Drugs 31.4 10/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Other crime 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

Hope Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in New Brighton , and the 19th 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 Hope Street (CH45 2LN) in the last 12 months was 439.5 per 1,000 residents and was 439.9% higher than the New Brighton average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 233.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hope Street (CH45 2LN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hope Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Seymour Place West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Richmond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernhill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlington Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Parade
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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