Crime Statistics for Wallasey, Wirral, Wirral, 2024

There were a total of 273 street level crime incidents in Wallasey in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Wallasey, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	114
Public Order	43
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Shoplifting	18
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Other Theft	13
Drugs	13
Other Crime	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Burglary	7
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	273

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Wallasey. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Wallasey

We've taken the ten nearest places to Wallasey and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Wallasey has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Claughton (2.48 miles)	278
Birkenhead (2.48 miles)	278
Wallasey	273
Liscard	273
New Brighton (0.62 miles)	247
Bidston Hill (2.24 miles)	146
Bidston (1.75 miles)	141
Leasowe (1.96 miles)	138
Bootle (2.24 miles)	115
Sandhills (1.96 miles)	59

Where are the most violent places near Wallasey?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Wallasey and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Claughton	133
Birkenhead	133
Wallasey	114
Liscard	114
New Brighton	108
Bidston Hill	78
Leasowe	68
Bidston	66
Bootle	36
Sandhills	15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Wallasey?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Wallasey to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Wallasey compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Wallasey and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Wallasey have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Birkenhead and Tranmere.

#	Ward	Score
1	Birkenhead and Tranmere	85
2	Seacombe	80
3	Bidston and St James	80
4	Kirkdale	78
5	Liscard	71
6	Leasowe and Moreton East	63
7	New Brighton	62
8	Claughton	62
9	Oxton	59
10	Moreton West and Saughall Massie	43
11	Wallasey	41

Which road in Wallasey has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Wallasey with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Grove Road.