Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Church Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hoylake and Meols , and the 483rd highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Church Road (CH48 0RP) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower than the Hoylake and Meols average (56.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (CH48 0RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Drive, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acacia Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Madeley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Acacia Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Acacia Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Acacia Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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