Total Crime Rate
110.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ferny Brow Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 216th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Ferny Brow Road (CH49 8EF) in the last 12 months was 110.9 per 1,000 residents and was 123.9% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferny Brow Road (CH49 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ganney'S Meadow Close (20 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 | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Hey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ganney'S Meadow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Hey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferny Brow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huddleston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheverton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheverton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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