Total Crime Rate
174.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New 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 7NH) 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 7NH), 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.
View Crime In Pensby and Thingwall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Hey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Hey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Hey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Hey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ackers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ganney'S Meadow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carr Hey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carr Hey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Home Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ackers Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Springfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ackers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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