Total Crime Rate

84.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 84.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Upper Rice Lane area has the 38th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Liscard , and the 329th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Rice Lane (CH44 1DP) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Rice Lane (CH44 1DP), 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 Upper Rice Lane area

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

Data Sources

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