Total Crime Rate

110.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 110.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

Orrets Meadow 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 Orrets Meadow Road (CH49 9BL) 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 Orrets Meadow Road (CH49 9BL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Orrets Meadow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hoole Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Caldwell Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caldwell Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Orret'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferny Brow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caldwell Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Houghton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benedict Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cheverton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cheverton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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