Great Meols
Middle areaNorth west Wirral. 6,150 people in 7.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Great Meols live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Great Meols
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Meols at a rate of 31.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 82 |
| Other crime | 37 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 24 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Shoplifting | 15 |
| Drug offences | 9 |
| Burglary | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Great Meols compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Meols safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Meols at a rate of 31.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Meols.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (82), other crime (37) and anti-social behaviour (24).
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.
Figures for the whole of Wirral
These figures are published for the whole of Wirral, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wirral and not Great Meols alone. See Wirral
Great Meols in brief
The median price paid for a home in Great Meols was £306,500 in 2025.
Great Meols had 6,045 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Great Meols live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Meols, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.