Total Crime Rate

130.4 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 130.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

New Hey Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 165th 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 7NE) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 167.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Hey Road (CH49 7NE), the main crime hotspot is near Ganney'S Meadow Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 32 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 2025Drugs Ackers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ganney'S Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ackers Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Home Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ackers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ganney'S Meadow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ganney'S Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ganney'S Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ganney'S Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ganney'S Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ganney'S Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs New Hey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Springfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Hey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ganney'S Meadow Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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