Crime · Birkendale

Reported crime in central Birkendale

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

5,206 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 91 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

5,206

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	1,543	30%
Anti social behaviour	921	18%
Shoplifting	627	12%
Public order	350	7%
Criminal damage and arson	339	7%
Burglary	315	6%
Other theft	314	6%
Vehicle crime	300	6%
Drugs	156	3%
Other crime	87	2%
Robbery	80	2%
Bicycle theft	70	1%
Theft from the person	55	1%
Possession of weapons	49	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	126	119	132	130	113	95	127	128	161	152	145	115	1543
Anti social behaviour	65	90	51	82	81	74	57	59	79	117	77	89	921
Shoplifting	56	49	36	35	49	54	51	68	64	53	46	66	627
Public order	33	22	34	37	23	25	26	20	31	31	32	36	350
Criminal damage and arson	32	30	25	28	21	21	24	22	45	19	37	35	339
Burglary	24	31	35	24	20	31	24	32	28	29	16	21	315
Other theft	29	27	34	27	21	27	24	24	24	25	25	27	314
Vehicle crime	15	32	31	45	36	29	28	17	13	15	20	19	300
Drugs	15	10	15	22	17	11	13	10	15	6	10	12	156
Other crime	13	6	7	6	6	8	10	3	8	7	9	4	87
Robbery	10	4	3	8	7	6	5	2	13	7	7	8	80
Bicycle theft	7	5	5	13	10	1	8	2	2	4	6	7	70
Theft from the person	2	5	8	7	7	6	2	4	3	4	6	1	55
Possession of weapons	2	4	1	4	6	6	3	2	3	7	4	7	49
Total	429	434	417	468	417	394	402	393	489	476	440	447	5206

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Birkendale, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 57,475.