Total Crime Rate

93.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 15.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grovedale Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 276th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grovedale Drive (CH46 9SN) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% higher than the Leasowe and Moreton East average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grovedale Drive (CH46 9SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sedgefield Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grovedale Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sedgefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spencer Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stavordale Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornfield Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poppy Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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