Postcode · Birkenhead
Crime in CH42 9QA
How much crime is recorded in CH42 9QA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oxton South
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,577 (2024)
CH42 9QABirkenhead
How safe is CH42 9QA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH42 9QA area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
40.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
70
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 9QANational
Violence and sexual offences33.123.6
Public order7.24.6
Burglary5.99.1
Shoplifting5.18.4
Other theft4.84.5
Vehicle crime4.23.5
Drugs4.12.4
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Other crime1.91.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.