Total Crime Rate

48.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Empress 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.

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Crime Over Time in Empress Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trafalgar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Central Park Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Agnes Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Agnes Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Liscard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rice Hey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Silverbeech Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charlotte Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comely Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comely Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liscard Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liscard Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Liscard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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