Total Crime Rate

114.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Public order 23.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

New Chester Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bromborough , and the 199th 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 New Chester Road (CH62 7HF) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% higher than the Bromborough average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Chester Road (CH62 7HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodyear Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mendell Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Chester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hardknott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hardknott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hardknott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hardknott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woodyear Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hardknott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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