Total Crime Rate

180.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 24.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mount Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Heswall , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Mount Avenue (CH60 4RH) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 468.7% higher than the Heswall average (31.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Avenue (CH60 4RH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mount Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Telegraph Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Feather Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Telegraph Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Telegraph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Telegraph Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Telegraph Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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