Crime Statistics for Dove Point, Wirral, Wirral, 2024

Crime statistics for Dove Point, Wirral

There were a total of 29 street level crime incidents in Dove Point in January 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 Dove Point, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime9
Public Order6
Anti Social Behaviour4
Shoplifting3
Other Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Burglary1
All Crime29

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Dove Point

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Leasowe (2.56 miles)133
Arrowe Hill (3.1 miles)127
Bidston Hill (3.16 miles)123
Moreton (1.86 miles)122
Bidston (3.1 miles)111
Grange (2.56 miles)77
Newton (1.86 miles)48
Dove Point29
Greasby (2.24 miles)20
Frankby (2.56 miles)16

5.76%
of Hoylake and Meols residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Dove Point?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bidston Hill59
Moreton54
Leasowe53
Arrowe Hill52
Bidston46
Grange26
Newton21
Greasby14
Frankby10
Dove Point9

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

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 Dove Point 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 Dove Point compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dove Point and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Dove Point is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Bidston and St James80
2Leasowe and Moreton East63
3Claughton62
4Prenton51
5Moreton West and Saughall Massie43
6Upton41
7Wallasey41
8Hoylake and Meols29
9West Kirby and Thurstaston25
10Greasby, Frankby and Irby20
11Pensby and Thingwall18

Which road in Dove Point has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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