Total Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pensby Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Heswall , and the 353rd lowest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pensby Road (CH60 7RP) in the last 12 months was 29.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Heswall average (33.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pensby Road (CH60 7RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moor Lane, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heswall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heather Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birches Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daryl Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daryl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
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