Total Crime Rate
4.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Banks Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Hoylake and Meols , and the 23rd lowest 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 Banks Road (CH48 0RB) in the last 12 months was 4.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Banks Road (CH48 0RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Salisbury Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acacia Grove (14 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 | Westbourne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrewsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tynwald Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acacia Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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