Wirral Area Guide | £252k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Wirral

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
320,198
Households
174,297
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
174,297
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 55%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£252,122
Median property price
£722
Median rent
8,693
Postcodes
174,297
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 55%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£252,122
Median property price
£722
Median rent
8,693
Postcodes

Sold prices in Wirral

England & Wales
Property sales · Wirral
HM Land Registry · Wirral
Average price
£250,933
YoY: +3.7%
Median price: £244,583
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 137 sales · avg £260,020
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£268k£231k£195k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Wirral

England & Wales
Crime trends · Wirral

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
788
YoY stable
807705603
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
195
YoY stable
293208123
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
45
YoY -30%
664727
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
38
YoY -22%
564432
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
144
YoY -20%
181152123
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Other Crime
54
YoY +69%
614528
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Public Order
183
YoY stable
270199128
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

3 of 5 key categories improving · other crime up sharply

1,790
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Wirral

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Wirral.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Wirral

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Wirral

Upton is a 22-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 1.8 km

  • Upton

    Rail

    1.8 km
  • Birkenhead Park

    Rail

    2.6 km
  • Birkenhead North

    Rail

    2.9 km
  • Birkenhead Central

    Rail

    2.9 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Wirral

GPs make up most of the mapped places

42 GPs · 16 Libraries · 10 Hospitals · 75 in all

  • GPs42
  • Libraries16
  • Hospitals10
  • Museums7

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Wirral

Median private rent

£722/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£558
1 bed
£722
2 bed
£883
3 bed
£1,222
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Wirral

Coordinates53.3785, -3.0612
Postcodes
8,693
Population (Census)
320,198
Households (Census)
174,297
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.6 per 1k

Demographics in Wirral

Ethnicity

Total residents: 320,220
White Brit.92.4%
Other White1.8%
+ other · 5.7%

Religion

Total residents: 320,196
Christian55.0%
No religion37.3%
Not answered5.3%
Muslim1.0%
+ other · 1.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 320,198
50–6421.4%
35–4917.9%
65–7411.9%
25–3411.8%
75–847.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.9%

Households

Total households: 174,297
Lone parent family: With dependent children20.7%
Other13.8%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent13.2%
Any member 66+10.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children7.5%
+ 8 other households · 34.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Wirral

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.16 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.16 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).