Crime · Birkenhead

Reported crime in Birkenhead

Name: Birkenhead crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

13,700 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 118 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,700

Rate / 1,000

118

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,434	40%
Anti social behaviour	1,557	11%
Public order	1,454	11%
Criminal damage and arson	1,220	9%
Shoplifting	1,006	7%
Drugs	906	7%
Other theft	648	5%
Vehicle crime	387	3%
Other crime	349	3%
Burglary	347	3%
Possession of weapons	140	1%
Robbery	127	1%
Bicycle theft	84	1%
Theft from the person	41	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	535	499	429	471	446	455	409	401	442	387	448	512	5434
Anti social behaviour	114	134	102	240	140	109	85	103	141	139	134	116	1557
Public order	194	156	125	125	106	89	99	94	128	90	120	128	1454
Criminal damage and arson	127	98	101	111	101	109	93	81	109	99	94	97	1220
Shoplifting	45	87	66	68	64	103	73	93	122	82	110	93	1006
Drugs	69	109	80	62	85	69	77	72	78	62	81	62	906
Other theft	59	57	51	49	50	62	51	52	49	54	52	62	648
Vehicle crime	34	27	18	21	34	34	25	39	47	40	30	38	387
Other crime	24	28	25	25	29	23	33	29	42	22	29	40	349
Burglary	39	31	24	30	21	30	29	26	29	32	26	30	347
Possession of weapons	10	14	19	11	12	12	9	7	14	10	7	15	140
Robbery	11	15	7	6	10	13	9	12	15	8	10	11	127
Bicycle theft	17	4	7	5	5	5	5	9	6	4	5	12	84
Theft from the person	7	2	3	7	2	1	2	3	3	2	5	4	41
Total	1285	1261	1057	1231	1105	1114	999	1021	1225	1031	1151	1220	13700

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Birkenhead, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 115,846.