Postcode sector · Birkenhead
Crime in CH42 8
How much crime is recorded in CH42 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 7,474 (2024)
CH42 8Postcode sector · Birkenhead
How safe is CH42 8
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in CH42 8, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CH42 8National
Violence and sexual offences16.623.6
Burglary4.39.1
Shoplifting3.88.4
Public order3.84.6
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Other theft1.74.5
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.82.4
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Robbery0.51.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 33% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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- CH42 8JS
- CH42 8JZ
- CH42 8LA
- CH42 8LB
- CH42 8LD
- CH42 8LE
- CH42 8LF
- CH42 8LG
- CH42 8LH
- CH42 8LJ
- CH42 8LL
- CH42 8LN
- CH42 8LP
- CH42 8LQ
- CH42 8LR
- CH42 8LS
- CH42 8LT
- CH42 8LU
- CH42 8LW
- CH42 8LX
- CH42 8LY
- CH42 8LZ
- CH42 8NA
- CH42 8NB
- CH42 8ND
- CH42 8NE
- CH42 8NF
- CH42 8NG
- CH42 8NH
- CH42 8NJ
- CH42 8NL
- CH42 8NN
- CH42 8NP
- CH42 8NQ
- CH42 8NR
- CH42 8NS
- CH42 8NT
- CH42 8NU
- CH42 8NW
- CH42 8NX
- CH42 8NY
- CH42 8NZ
- CH42 8PA
- CH42 8PB
- CH42 8PD
- CH42 8PE
- CH42 8PF
- CH42 8PG