Total Crime Rate

174.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 174.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

New Hey Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 101st highest crime rate of 1,057 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 New Hey Road (CH49 5LF) in the last 12 months was 174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 258.3% higher than the Pensby and Thingwall average (48.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 125.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 319.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Hey Road (CH49 5LF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 213 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Hey Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ackers Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ackers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ackers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Springfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carr Hey Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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