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Crime · Newton
Reported crime in the West Kirby built-up area
655 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 45 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the West Kirby built-up area, which includes Newton. There are no separate figures for Newton. What each figure covers
Total incidents
655
Rate / 1,000
45
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 230 | 35% |
| Anti social behaviour | 135 | 21% |
| Public order | 64 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 51 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 41 | 6% |
| Burglary | 29 | 4% |
| Other theft | 28 | 4% |
| Other crime | 22 | 3% |
| Drugs | 19 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 16 | 2% |
| Robbery | 7 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 230 |
| Anti social behaviour | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 135 |
| Public order | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 64 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 51 |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 41 | |
| Burglary | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |||
| Other theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | ||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
| Drugs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | ||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 57 | 51 | 60 | 44 | 47 | 41 | 56 | 36 | 63 | 59 | 81 | 60 | 655 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Newton, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,610.