Postcode · Wirral
Crime in CH61 8TH
How much crime is recorded in CH61 8TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Heswall
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,734 (2024)
CH61 8THWirral
How safe is CH61 8TH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH61 8TH area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
27.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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).
CH61 8THNational
Violence and sexual offences25.523.6
Other crime4.31.5
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Anti-social behaviour2.710.7
Other theft2.24.5
Public order2.14.6
Burglary1.69.1
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 93% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.