Total Crime Rate
298.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orrets Meadow Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Pensby and Thingwall , and the 42nd 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 Orrets Meadow Road (CH49 9BW) in the last 12 months was 298.9 per 1,000 residents and was 512.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 173.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orrets Meadow Road (CH49 9BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Houghton Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kiln Road (24 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 | Vehicle crime | Newbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Newbridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitefield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitefield Close | — |
| 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 | Greenwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orret'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoole Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pemberton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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