Total Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 76.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 51.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • 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.
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Crime overview

Dawstone Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Heswall , and the 350th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dawstone Road (CH60 8ND) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 130.7% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 225.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 216.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawstone Road (CH60 8ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lynton Close, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Drive (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dawstone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Old Mill Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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