CH48
Postcode districtPostcode district covering West Kirby, Grange and Newton, 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 CH48 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CH48, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CH48 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH48 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH48 at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across CH.
In August 2026 alone, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH48.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (250), anti-social behaviour (149) and other crime (140).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH48 was 41.5 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 CH48, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH48 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH48
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 026A | 1,586 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Wirral 026B | 1,637 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 026C | 1,587 | 173.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Wirral 026D | 1,446 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Wirral 026E | 1,324 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.7% |
| Wirral 028A | 1,400 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Wirral 028B | 1,561 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wirral 028C | 1,496 | 10.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Wirral 028D | 1,341 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Wirral 028E | 1,229 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
Your MP
- Matthew PatrickLabourMP for Wirral West
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 CH482
Postcode sectors in CH4810
Council1
Towns in CH481
Postcode districts next to CH484
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH48 in brief
CH48 is a postcode district covering West Kirby, Grange and Newton, in Wirral.
About 15,000 people lived in CH48 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 277 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH48 was £350,000 in 2025.
CH48 had 14,854 usual residents at the census.
In CH48, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CH48, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.