Total Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wheatland Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Seacombe , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wheatland Lane (CH44 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Seacombe average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wheatland Lane (CH44 7EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gorsedale Park (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kenilworth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brougham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brougham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albemarle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenilworth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kenilworth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glenburn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glenburn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsedale Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorsedale Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mainwaring Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mainwaring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainwaring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorsedale Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birnam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brougham Road | — |
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