Crime in West Kirby
Recorded crime in West Kirby is 0.6 times the Wirral average and 0.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 31%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of West Kirby: about 10,359 residents in 11 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 7/10Low crime
- Living
- 7.6/10Good
- 5-year change
- −31%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 0.6×the Wirral average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of West Kirby.
Crime over 5 years
Down 31% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of West Kirby, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.6× the Wirral average (0.6× the England and Wales average). 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 62% of the harm here
- Burglary: 15% of the harm here
- Other theft: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 62% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 18 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Wirral (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Wirral council area, not only West Kirby. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 274 | 0.83 | Down 15% |
| Cars broken into | 353 | 1.1 | About the same |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 1,799 | 5.5 | About the same |
| Burglary of homes | 398 | 1.2 | Up 7% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in CH48
In CH48, the postcode district at the centre of West Kirby, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 222 | 6% | 1% | 67% | 18% | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 64 | 6% | 2% | 25% | 66% | 2% |
| Public order | 57 | 7% | 0% | 40% | 53% | 0% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 4% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Wirral, 2023 to 2025: 360 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 113 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 14 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 31% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.4 |
| Burglary | 2.9 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 18.6 |
| Drugs | 1.7 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.2 |
| Other crime | 1.0 |
| Other theft | 4.3 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 3.0 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 6.8 |
| Public order | 6.8 |
| Bicycle theft | 1.2 |
| Shoplifting | 4.5 |
Postcode districts in West Kirby
Nearby towns
Council: Wirral
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Questions about crime in West Kirby
- Is West Kirby a safe place to live?
- West Kirby scores 7 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.6 times the Wirral average.
- Is crime going up or down in West Kirby?
- Down 31% over 5 years, from 680 recorded crimes a year to 468.
- What is the most common crime in West Kirby?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 19 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in West Kirby compare with Wirral?
- Crime severity in West Kirby is 0.6 times the Wirral average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in West Kirby?
- In CH48, the postcode district at the centre of West Kirby, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 40% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in West Kirby?
- In Wirral, the council area West Kirby is in, the police recorded 274 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.8 per 1,000 residents, down 15% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in West Kirby?
- 1,799 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Wirral, the council area West Kirby is in, 5.5 per 1,000 residents, 1.1 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in West Kirby last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Wirral, the council area West Kirby is in, against 3 the year before.