Total Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandbrook Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandbrook Lane (CH46 0QL) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% lower than the Leasowe and Moreton East average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandbrook Lane (CH46 0QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackthorn Close, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunningdale (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leasowe and Moreton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | M53 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sunningdale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sunningdale | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cherry Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Croft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenstone Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Drive | — |
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