Total Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Duke Of York Cottages area has the 37th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Bebington , and the 304th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Duke Of York Cottages (CH62 5DD) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 109.4% higher than the Bebington average (42.8 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duke Of York Cottages (CH62 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beresford Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bebington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashbrook Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashbrook Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbrook Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbrook Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windy Bank | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beresford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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