Total Crime Rate

187.7 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 187.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 27.3 7/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Willaston Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 86th 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 Willaston Road (CH46 6AP) in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 123.8% 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willaston Road (CH46 6AP), the main crime hotspot is near Chadwick Street. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Willaston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting A553 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Litherland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A553
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoylake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chadwick Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Chadwick Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Meadfoot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadfoot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadfoot Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overgreen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Berrylands Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overgreen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bramble Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Heathmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosslyn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Netherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Netherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Netherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Litherland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathmoor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overgreen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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