Crime Statistics for Thurstaston, Wirral, Wirral, 2024

There were a total of 8 street level crime incidents in Thurstaston in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Thurstaston, 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	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	8

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 Thurstaston. 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 Thurstaston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Grange (1.75 miles)	77
Newton (1.96 miles)	48
Heswall (1.39 miles)	40
Poll Hill (1.75 miles)	39
Landican (2.55 miles)	25
Greasby (1.96 miles)	20
Irby (0.62 miles)	19
Frankby (1.24 miles)	16
Caldy (1.39 miles)	10
Thurstaston	8

Where are the most violent places near Thurstaston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Grange	26
Heswall	24
Newton	21
Poll Hill	20
Greasby	14
Frankby	10
Irby	9
Landican	8
Caldy	4
Thurstaston	3

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

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 Thurstaston 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 Thurstaston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Greenfield	97
2	Oxton	59
3	Prenton	51
4	Moreton West and Saughall Massie	43
5	Upton	41
6	Hoylake and Meols	29
7	West Kirby and Thurstaston	25
8	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	20
9	Pensby and Thingwall	18
10	Heswall	11
11	Clatterbridge	10

Which road in Thurstaston has the highest level of crime?

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