Total Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookthorpe Close area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Liscard , and the 416th 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 Brookthorpe Close (CH45 7SH) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookthorpe Close (CH45 7SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rake Lane, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Steel Avenue (12 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 | Urmson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bisley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Stratton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withensfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rake Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rake Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rake Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Devon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Urmson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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