Total Crime Rate

85.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shorefields area has the 40th highest crime rate of 132 local areas in Bebington , and the 311th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shorefields (CH62 1DA) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% higher than the Bebington average (50.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shorefields (CH62 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Legh Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Napier Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shorefields area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Napier Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mersey Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brownlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willowbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Legh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shore Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Napier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs New Ferry Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Ortega Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Samaria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poolbank Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayfields North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Egerton Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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