What is the crime rate in wirral?

As of March 2026, wirral has an annual crime rate of 75.37 per 1,000 residents, based on 2,416 recorded offences in the latest month.

How does wirral rank nationally for crime?

wirral ranks #57 out of 330 local authorities by total crime volume.

What is the most common crime in wirral?

The most common crime type in wirral is Violence & Sexual Offences with 959 incidents in March 2026, accounting for 39.7% of all crime.

March 2026 Source: Merseyside Police Police

wirral Crime Intelligence Report

wirral recorded 2,416 crimes in March 2026, equating to a crime rate of 7.55 per 1,000 residents. This places wirral at #57 of 330 local authorities nationally by total crime volume. Crime has increased by 23.3% compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, crime levels are 11.9% higher.

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Data Sources:Police.ukONS Census 2021HM Land Registry Period: March 2026 • Updated monthly

Total Crimes

2,416

trending_up +23.3% vs last month

Annual Crime Rate

75.37per 1k

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National Safety

#133of 330

Ranked by annual rate

Merseyside

#1rank

Ranked by annual rate

12-Month Crime Trend

Monthly Totals

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Incident Distribution

Top Locations

Location Reference	Crime Breakdown	Primary Count
On or near Catherine Street Map	Shoplifting: 24 Public order: 15 Drugs: 9	24
On or near Parking Area Map	Violence and sexual offences: 46	46
On or near Parking Area Map	Anti-social behaviour: 40	40
On or near Supermarket Map	Shoplifting: 38	38
On or near Hospital Map	Violence and sexual offences: 28 Criminal damage and arson: 3	28
On or near Horatio Street Map	Shoplifting: 26 Robbery: 3	26
On or near Conway Street Map	Anti-social behaviour: 24	24
On or near Lingdale Road North Map	Shoplifting: 24	24
On or near Supermarket Map	Anti-social behaviour: 21	21
On or near Corporation Road Map	Public order: 9 Drugs: 7 Criminal damage and arson: 3	9

Crime Breakdown

March 2026

2,416 Total

Violence & Sexual Offences

959

39.7%

Anti-social Behaviour

314

13.0%

Public Order

232

9.6%

Criminal Damage & Arson

211

8.7%

Shoplifting

193

8.0%

Drug Offences

138

5.7%

Other Theft

3.8%

Vehicle Crime

3.2%

Other Crime

3.0%

Burglary

2.8%

Robbery

1.1%

Weapons Possession

0.9%

Bicycle Theft

0.4%

Theft from Person

0.1%

Stop & Search

March 2026

4,811

Total Stops

10.0%

Arrest Rate

139

Neighbourhoods

Reason for Stop

Controlled drugs

3,562

Offensive weapons

614

Stolen goods

203

Article for use in theft

139

Articles for use in criminal damage

110

Evidence of offences under the Act

102

Firearms

Fireworks

Outcome

A no further action disposal3,704

Arrest480

Community resolution398

Summons / charged by post206

Caution (simple or conditional)20

Khat or Cannabis warning3

Gender

Male3,894

Female638

Officer-Defined Ethnicity

Self-defined where available

91.6%

White

3.3%

Black

2.7%

Other

2.4%

Asian

Stop & search data published by Merseyside Police under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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Ward Safety Rankings

22 wards

Highest Crime

#	Ward	Crimes	Rate
1	Birkenhead and Tranmere	423	147.7
2	Bidston and St James	200	134.8
3	Seacombe	220	125.8
4	Rock Ferry	142	97.6
5	Claughton	131	87.3

Safest Wards

	Ward	Crimes	Rate
shield	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	40	2.8
shield	West Kirby and Thurstaston	33	2.6
shield	Heswall	46	3.5
shield	Pensby and Thingwall	42	3.3
shield	Clatterbridge	63	4.2

Growth Analysis

Month-on-Monthtrending_up +23.3%

Year-on-Yeartrending_up +11.9%

12m Rolling Trendtrending_up +0.6%

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Crime rates are calculated per 1,000 residents using ONS Census 2021 population data. Rankings cover all 330 local authorities in England & Wales.

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