Birkenhead and Tranmere
WardNorth east Wirral. About 17,383 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Birkenhead and Tranmere live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Birkenhead and Tranmere compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birkenhead and Tranmere safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birkenhead and Tranmere at a rate of 254.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 390 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birkenhead and Tranmere.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,608), other crime (909) and shoplifting (588).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wirral
These figures are published for the whole of Wirral, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wirral and not Birkenhead and Tranmere alone. See Wirral
Birkenhead and Tranmere in brief
Birkenhead and Tranmere had 16,294 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Birkenhead and Tranmere live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birkenhead and Tranmere, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birkenhead and Tranmere, 8.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.