Total Crime Rate

142.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.1 9/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Drugs 14.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 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

Ferryside area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 145th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferryside (CH44 6LY) in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% higher than the Seacombe average (119.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferryside (CH44 6LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Birches, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shaw Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ferryside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Abbotsford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keegan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lever Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keegan Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Birches
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Birches Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Birches Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keegan Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Shaw Street Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry View Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shaw Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tudor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Acacia Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acacia Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Seacombe View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seacombe View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seacombe View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ferry Terminal Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street

Data Sources

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