Total Crime Rate
13.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sherry Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sherry Lane (CH49 5LS) in the last 12 months was 13.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Pensby and Thingwall average (49.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherry Lane (CH49 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arrowe Park Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenwood Road (17 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 | Atherton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Croft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Atherton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Croft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Childwall Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
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