Postcode · Wallasey
Crime in CH45 5DB
How much crime is recorded in CH45 5DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- New Brighton
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,606 (2024)
CH45 5DBWallasey
How safe is CH45 5DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH45 5DB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CH45 5DBNational
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Public order3.54.6
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Burglary1.49.1
Drugs1.32.4
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft0.54.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 49% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.