Crime Rates at Helmingham Road, Birkenhead, L41 9AH

Helmingham Road area has the highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 10th 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 Helmingham Road (L41 9AH) in the last 12 months was 654.0 per 1,000 residents and was 171.9% higher than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (240.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 250.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helmingham Road (L41 9AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterloo Place, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pembroke Court (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.