CH43
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birkenhead, Oxton and Claughton, 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 CH43 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH43 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH43 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH43 at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 212 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH43.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,076), other crime (403) and anti-social behaviour (321).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH43 was 62.1 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.
Deprivation in CH43, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH43 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH43
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 011A | 1,374 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Wirral 011E | 1,687 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Wirral 015B | 1,519 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Wirral 015D | 1,525 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Wirral 015E | 1,950 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.4% |
| Wirral 016D | 1,448 | 195.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Wirral 019A | 1,647 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 019B | 1,543 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Wirral 019C | 1,451 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 020A | 1,693 | 139.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.0% |
| Wirral 020B | 1,609 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Wirral 020C | 1,608 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| Wirral 020D | 1,368 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| Wirral 020E | 1,666 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Wirral 022C | 1,652 | 242.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Wirral 022D | 1,536 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.9% |
| Wirral 024A | 2,257 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Wirral 024B | 1,446 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Wirral 024C | 1,396 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 024D | 1,636 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 024E | 1,473 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Wirral 030B | 1,366 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 030C | 1,590 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
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.
Middle areas in CH434
Postcode sectors in CH4310
Council1
Towns in CH431
Postcode districts next to CH436
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH43 in brief
CH43 is a postcode district covering Birkenhead, Oxton and Claughton, in Wirral.
About 38,304 people lived in CH43 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 511 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH43 was £210,000 in 2025.
CH43 had 37,157 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH43, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.