Total Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenwood Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 238th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenwood Road (CH49 8HT) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 111.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenwood Road (CH49 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitefield Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheverton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Hoole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheverton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orret'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldwell Drive | Under investigation |
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