Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oarside Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Liscard , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 1,056 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 Oarside Drive (CH45 5HZ) in the last 12 months was 11.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oarside Drive (CH45 5HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harvey Road, where police recorded 12 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 | Ellesmere Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandheys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turret Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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