Total Crime Rate

112.6 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 112.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Royden Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 155 local areas in Greasby, Frankby and Irby , and the 205th 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 Royden Road (CH49 4LX) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 293.9% higher than the Greasby, Frankby and Irby average (28.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royden Road (CH49 4LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pendle Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gainsborough Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Royden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Inman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bleasdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Furness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowscale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Inman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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