Birkenhead has gained a reputation as a rough area, and in recent years the level of crime centred in the town has done little to help that.
Last year violence and shootings, shook the town and reverberated throughout Merseyside. In December, Merseyside Police launched a crackdown on the Woodchurch Organised Crime Group, which they believe is connected to many of the shootings causing misery in the estate and throughout other areas of the town.
Aside from crime, years of deprivation and lack of funding have also had an impact, which seems to be the story all over Merseyside, and at times it seems the town is playing second fiddle to Liverpool in terms of development and regeneration.
