Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burden Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 350th 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 Burden Road (CH46 6BG) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the Leasowe and Moreton East average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burden Road (CH46 6BG), the main crime hotspot is near Curlew Way. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leasowe and Moreton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Garrick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wooler Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linear Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alnwick Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linear Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgehill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linear Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Garrick Avenue | Under investigation |
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