West Kirby and Thurstaston
WardWest Wirral. About 12,682 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Kirby and Thurstaston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Kirby and Thurstaston compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Kirby and Thurstaston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Kirby and Thurstaston 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, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Kirby and Thurstaston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (166), other crime (84) and anti-social behaviour (77).
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 ward, so they describe all of Wirral and not West Kirby and Thurstaston alone. See Wirral
West Kirby and Thurstaston in brief
West Kirby and Thurstaston had 12,543 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Kirby and Thurstaston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Kirby and Thurstaston, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Kirby and Thurstaston, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.