Total Crime Rate
68.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Grove area has the 17th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Hoylake and Meols , and the 389th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Elm Grove (CH47 3EE) in the last 12 months was 68.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Grove (CH47 3EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waverley Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Lane (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wirral| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A553 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
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