Total Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Empress Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Liscard , and the 406th highest 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 0AP) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 11 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Empress Road (CH44 0AP), 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 | St Mary'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liscard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Central Park Avenue | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vicarage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Devon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liscard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Agnes Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Liscard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Liscard Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| 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 | Agnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Avenue | Under investigation |
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