Total Crime Rate

131.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 47.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Market Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hoylake and Meols , and the 162nd 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 Market Street (CH47 3BD) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 133.2% higher than the Hoylake and Meols average (56.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (CH47 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lake Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Charles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft School Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Birkenhead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evans Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ferndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A553 —
Sep 2025Public order Clydesdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waverley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lake Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Lane —
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Data Sources

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