Total Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chambres Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 446th lowest 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 Chambres Road (PR8 6JQ) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chambres Road (PR8 6JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Moreland Drive. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kew| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moreland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moreland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Forest Road | Under investigation |
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