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Wirral 027C

Neighbourhood

East Wirral. 1,675 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.6 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Wirral 027C is in decile 1.

Deprivation score
72.6
Joint 181st most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
1,609
Joint 17,629th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wirral 027C compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

Wirral 027CMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only209 neighbourhoods, Wirral · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in Wirral209 areas from 2.3 to 78.8. The middle area is 20.2. Wirral 027C is 72.6.
72.68th most deprived
Population209 neighbourhoods, Wirral · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Wirral209 areas from 1,022 to 2,260. The middle area is 1,522. Wirral 027C is 1,609.
1,609joint 57th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage209 neighbourhoods, Wirral · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Wirral209 areas from 63.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.6%. Wirral 027C is 94.7%.
94.7%40th lowest
Claimant rate208 neighbourhoods, Wirral · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Wirral208 areas from 0.4% to 14.8%. The middle area is 2.7%. Wirral 027C is 5.4%.
5.4%joint 37th highest

Is Wirral 027C safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wirral 027C at a rate of 135.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 103.6 per 1,000 people across Tranmere.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wirral 027C.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (92), other crime (40) and shoplifting (23).

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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Wirral and not Wirral 027C alone. See Wirral

Average house price
£221,849
Up 6.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,010
158th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
329,896
Up 0.5% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Wirral 027C in brief

Wirral 027C has a deprivation score of 72.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Wirral 027C had 1,609 usual residents at the census.

In Wirral 027C, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wirral 027C, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.