Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Empress Road area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Liscard , and the 524th lowest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Empress Road (CH44 0AL) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% lower than the Liscard average (92.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Empress Road (CH44 0AL), the main crime hotspot is near Trafalgar Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liscard| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Central Park Avenue | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Agnes Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Liscard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rice Hey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Silverbeech Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlotte Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Comely Bank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Comely Bank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liscard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liscard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Liscard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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