Total Crime Rate
126.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Hill area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in New Brighton , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Hill (CH45 3GH) in the last 12 months was 126.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% higher than the New Brighton average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 84.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Hill (CH45 3GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelmscott Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinetree Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pinetree Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinetree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Folly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinetree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bletchley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Hilary Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelmscott Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelmscott Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Braemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallacre Road | Under investigation |
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