Crime Rates at Birch Street, Southport, PR8 5EP

Birch Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 314th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birch Street (PR8 5EP) in the last 12 months was 75.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher than the Birkdale average (45.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Street (PR8 5EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cemetery Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.