CH42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birkenhead, Devonshire Park and Rock Ferry, in Wirral.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CH42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CH42, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CH42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH42 at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across CH.
In August 2026 alone, 295 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,401), other crime (599) and criminal damage and arson (308).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH42 was 97.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CH42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH42 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 021A | 1,789 | 176.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Wirral 021B | 1,683 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 021C | 1,284 | 108.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 021E | 1,551 | 175.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Wirral 021F | 1,438 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 022A | 1,542 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 022B | 1,512 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Wirral 022E | 2,153 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 027A | 1,974 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Wirral 027B | 1,963 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.5% |
| Wirral 027C | 1,609 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Wirral 027D | 1,690 | 148.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Wirral 027E | 1,702 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Wirral 029A | 1,525 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 029B | 1,701 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wirral 029C | 1,632 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Wirral 029D | 1,541 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Wirral 029E | 1,587 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 030A | 1,485 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Wirral 030D | 1,618 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| Wirral 031E | 1,629 | 161.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
MPs for CH42
- Alison McGovernLabourMP for Birkenhead99% of CH42’s postcodes
- Justin MaddersLabourMP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough0.9% of CH42’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CH425
Postcode sectors in CH4210
Council1
Towns in CH421
Postcode districts next to CH424
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH42 in brief
CH42 is a postcode district covering Birkenhead, Devonshire Park and Rock Ferry, in Wirral.
About 33,803 people lived in CH42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £150,000 in 2025 across 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH42 was £150,000 in 2025.
CH42 had 32,202 usual residents at the census.
In CH42, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CH42, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.