Total Crime Rate

73.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alexander Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Heswall , and the 384th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Alexander Drive (CH61 6XT) in the last 12 months was 73.6 per 1,000 residents and was 132.2% higher than the Heswall average (31.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexander Drive (CH61 6XT), the main crime hotspot is near Portal Mews. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alexander Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hannah Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchmere Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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