Postcode · Wirral
Crime in CH63 8LF
How much crime is recorded in CH63 8LF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Woodhey
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,523 (2024)
CH63 8LFWirral
How safe is CH63 8LF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH63 8LF area, broadly in line with 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
28.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
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).
CH63 8LFNational
Shoplifting26.58.4
Violence and sexual offences25.723.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Public order5.44.6
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other theft2.04.5
Burglary1.39.1
Drugs1.12.4
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 21% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.