Total Crime Rate
127.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leeswood Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 174th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leeswood Road (CH49 9AE) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leeswood Road (CH49 9AE), the main crime hotspot is near Whitefield Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wirral| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Big Meadow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Atherton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benedict Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Big Meadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kiln Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kiln Road | — |
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