CH25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birkenhead, 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 CH25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH25 at a rate of 635.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (91), other crime (55) and criminal damage and arson (20).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH25 was 570.1 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.
Your MP
- Alison McGovernLabourMP for Birkenhead
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Postcode sectors in CH251
Council1
Postcode districts next to CH252
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH25 in brief
CH25 is a postcode district covering Birkenhead, in Wirral.
About 335 people lived in CH25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 635.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
CH25 had 334 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH25, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
84.1% of residents in CH25 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.