Postcode sector · Wirral
Crime in CH49 8
How much crime is recorded in CH49 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 8,708 (2024)
CH49 8Postcode sector · Wirral
How safe is CH49 8
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in CH49 8, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
33.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
72
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).
CH49 8National
Violence and sexual offences29.723.6
Anti-social behaviour12.210.7
Burglary7.09.1
Criminal damage and arson6.74.7
Public order6.24.6
Shoplifting4.68.4
Drugs2.92.4
Other theft2.84.5
Other crime2.01.5
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
Look up another area
Postcodes in this sector
- CH49 8AB
- CH49 8AD
- CH49 8BA
- CH49 8EA
- CH49 8EB
- CH49 8ED
- CH49 8EE
- CH49 8EF
- CH49 8EG
- CH49 8EH
- CH49 8EJ
- CH49 8EN
- CH49 8EQ
- CH49 8EU
- CH49 8EW
- CH49 8EX
- CH49 8HA
- CH49 8HB
- CH49 8HD
- CH49 8HE
- CH49 8HF
- CH49 8HG
- CH49 8HH
- CH49 8HJ
- CH49 8HL
- CH49 8HN
- CH49 8HP
- CH49 8HQ
- CH49 8HR
- CH49 8HS
- CH49 8HT
- CH49 8HU
- CH49 8HW
- CH49 8HX
- CH49 8HY
- CH49 8HZ
- CH49 8JA
- CH49 8JB
- CH49 8JD
- CH49 8JE
- CH49 8JF
- CH49 8JG
- CH49 8JH
- CH49 8JL
- CH49 8JN
- CH49 8JP
- CH49 8JQ
- CH49 8JR