Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Village Way area has the 10th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in New Brighton , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Village Way (CH45 3NZ) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 325.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Village Way (CH45 3NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Probyn Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Village Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wallasey Grove Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonehouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Probyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ponsonby Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5477 Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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