Total Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Derby Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Liscard , and the 286th lowest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Derby Road (CH45 5HH) in the last 12 months was 24.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% lower than the Liscard average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derby Road (CH45 5HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turret Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
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