Total Crime Rate
95.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Hoylake and Meols , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Market Street (CH47 2AD) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% higher than the Hoylake and Meols average (52.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (CH47 2AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lighthouse Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wirral| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groveland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Government Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A553 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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