CH49
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birkenhead, Greasby and Woodchurch, 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 CH49 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH49 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH49 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH49 at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 159 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH49.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (826), other crime (362) and anti-social behaviour (314).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH49 was 72.6 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 CH49, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH49 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH49
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 017C | 1,346 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 017D | 1,277 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Wirral 017E | 1,556 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 018A | 1,489 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Wirral 018B | 1,519 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| Wirral 018C | 1,563 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Wirral 018D | 1,926 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Wirral 018E | 1,575 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Wirral 019D | 2,260 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Wirral 023A | 1,190 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 023B | 1,320 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.6% |
| Wirral 023C | 1,348 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wirral 023D | 1,510 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Wirral 023E | 1,414 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| Wirral 023F | 1,294 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% |
| Wirral 025A | 1,303 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Wirral 025B | 1,092 | 305.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Wirral 025C | 1,295 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Wirral 025D | 1,491 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Wirral 025E | 1,551 | 133.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
MPs for CH49
- Matthew PatrickLabourMP for Wirral West63% of CH49’s postcodes
- Dame Angela EagleLabourMP for Wallasey37% of CH49’s postcodes
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 CH494
Postcode sectors in CH4910
Council1
Towns in CH492
Postcode districts next to CH495
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH49 in brief
CH49 is a postcode district covering Birkenhead, Greasby and Woodchurch, in Wirral.
About 30,129 people lived in CH49 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 434 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH49 was £235,000 in 2025.
CH49 had 29,486 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH49, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.