Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penkett Grove area has the 49th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Liscard , and the 448th highest 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 Penkett Grove (CH45 7RH) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penkett Grove (CH45 7RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dalton Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radnor Drive (17 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Radnor Drive | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A554 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radnor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmoreland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A554 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kimberley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A554 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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