Total Crime Rate

217.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 125.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.6 9/10
  • Drugs 25.8 10/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Hoole Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 78th 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 Hoole Road (CH49 9BD) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 339.7% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoole Road (CH49 9BD), the main crime hotspot is near Whitefield Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Wirral

Crime Over Time in Hoole Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Houghton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glebe Hey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benedict Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kiln Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kiln Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glebe Hey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ford Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Atherton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Atherton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 15 of 15

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑