Total Crime Rate
110.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Raleigh Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 210th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Raleigh Road (CH46 2QU) in the last 12 months was 110.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 73.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raleigh Road (CH46 2QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cook Road, where police recorded 29 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.
View Crime In Leasowe and Moreton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leasoweside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leasoweside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardenside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wilkes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilkes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilkes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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