Total Crime Rate
603.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hoole Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 12th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hoole Road (CH49 8EG) in the last 12 months was 603.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1136.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 262.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 174.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoole Road (CH49 8EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ganney'S Meadow Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pensby and Thingwall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ganney'S Meadow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferny Brow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferny Brow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoole Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orret'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pemberton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Newbridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganney'S Meadow Road | Under investigation |
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