Total Crime Rate

151.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Oxley Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 130th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oxley Avenue (CH46 1RU) in the last 12 months was 151.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oxley Avenue (CH46 1RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drake Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oxley Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Drake Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Davis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wilkes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilkes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilkes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxley Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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