CH47
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hoylake and Meols, 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 CH47 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH47 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH47 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH47 at a rate of 40.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH47.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (170), other crime (77) and shoplifting (73).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH47 was 41.2 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 CH47, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH47 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH47
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 013A | 1,608 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Wirral 013B | 1,502 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Wirral 014A | 1,644 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.9% |
| Wirral 014B | 1,484 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Wirral 014C | 1,620 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Wirral 014D | 1,463 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| Wirral 014E | 1,375 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
Your MP
- Matthew PatrickLabourMP for Wirral West
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 CH471
Postcode sectors in CH4710
Council1
Postcode districts next to CH474
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH47 in brief
CH47 is a postcode district covering Hoylake and Meols, in Wirral.
About 10,477 people lived in CH47 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £352,000 in 2025 across 221 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH47 was £352,000 in 2025.
CH47 had 10,296 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH47, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.