CH61
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Heswall, Pensby and Thingwall, 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 CH61 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH61 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH61 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH61 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH61 at a rate of 32.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH61.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (264), other crime (126) and criminal damage and arson (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH61 was 32.5 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 CH61, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH61 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CH61
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 033A | 1,693 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| Wirral 033B | 1,633 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.6% |
| Wirral 033C | 1,445 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Wirral 033D | 1,834 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Wirral 034A | 1,253 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Wirral 034B | 1,517 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.9% |
| Wirral 034C | 1,540 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Wirral 034D | 1,574 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| Wirral 034E | 1,450 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Wirral 037D | 1,313 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.7% |
| Wirral 037E | 1,638 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
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 CH612
Postcode sectors in CH6110
Council1
Towns in CH611
Postcode districts next to CH615
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH61 in brief
CH61 is a postcode district covering Heswall, Pensby and Thingwall, in Wirral.
About 16,961 people lived in CH61 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,500 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 32.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH61 was £277,500 in 2025.
CH61 had 16,873 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH61 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH61, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.