CH62
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bebington, Eastham and New Ferry, 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 CH62 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CH62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CH62 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CH62 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH62 at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH62.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (878), other crime (400) and anti-social behaviour (247).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH62 was 68.2 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 CH62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH62 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 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 CH62
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral 031B | 1,755 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Wirral 031C | 1,609 | 149.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Wirral 031D | 1,609 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Wirral 036B | 1,900 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Wirral 036C | 1,973 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Wirral 036F | 1,402 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 036G | 1,362 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Wirral 039A | 1,563 | 139.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Wirral 039B | 1,642 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Wirral 039C | 1,648 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Wirral 039D | 1,631 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wirral 041C | 1,207 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 041D | 1,541 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Wirral 041E | 1,424 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Wirral 042A | 1,834 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.2% |
| Wirral 042B | 1,387 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 042C | 1,559 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 042D | 1,662 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wirral 042E | 1,687 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.5% |
MPs for CH62
- Justin MaddersLabourMP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough99% of CH62’s postcodes
- Matthew PatrickLabourMP for Wirral West0.5% of CH62’s postcodes
- Samantha DixonLabourMP for Chester North and Neston0.1% of CH62’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 CH625
Postcode sectors in CH6210
Council1
Towns in CH621
Postcode districts next to CH625
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CH postcode area2
CH62 in brief
CH62 is a postcode district covering Bebington, Eastham and New Ferry, in Wirral.
About 32,045 people lived in CH62 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 501 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH62 was £210,000 in 2025.
CH62 had 30,697 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH62, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.