CH60 postcode area guide — Wirral
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CH60 postcode district in Wirral — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CH60
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.2%
Gigabit-capable
80.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the CH60 postcode district (Wirral) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 463 postcodes Ofcom measures in CH60, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.2%.
Around 0% of premises in CH60 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in CH60
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CH60 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| CH60 0AD | 100% | 22.2% |
| CH60 0AE | 100% | 20% |
| CH60 0AF | 87.5% | 75% |
| CH60 0AG | 100% | 86.7% |
| CH60 0AH | 100% | 90.9% |
| CH60 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| CH60 0AL | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| CH60 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| CH60 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Wirral
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Wirral district (160,608 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
45.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in CH60
Police recorded 37 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CH60 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 19 | 51.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 | 13.5% |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 10.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 3 | 8.1% |
| Public order | 3 | 8.1% |
| Other theft | 2 | 5.4% |
| Burglary | 1 | 2.7% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in CH60
Based on 171 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in CH60 is £445,000, down 3.3% on the previous year (£460,000).
Detached
£562,500
91 sales
Semi-detached
£340,000
47 sales
Terraced
£220,000
4 sales
Flat / maisonette
£160,000
26 sales
Latest recorded sales in CH60
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £156,334 | Flat | Beacon Lane | CH60 0DQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £190,000 | Detached | Oldfield Road | CH60 6SE |
| 15 May 2026 | £562,500 | Detached | Dee Park Close | CH60 3RB |
| 1 May 2026 | £340,000 | Semi-detached | Banks Road | CH60 9JS |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £740,000 | Detached | Park West | CH60 9JF |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £600,000 | Detached | Farr Hall Drive | CH60 4SF |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £440,000 | Detached | Park Road | CH60 2SL |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £275,000 | Semi-detached | Whitfield Lane | CH60 7SB |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £347,000 | Semi-detached | Thurstaston Road | CH60 6RZ |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £540,000 | Detached | Gayton Parkway | CH60 3SS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Wirral demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Wirral district (320,199 residents, 143,252 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.1% |
| 15–29 | 20.6% |
| 30–44 | 17.9% |
| 45–64 | 21.4% |
| 65+ | 22% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65% |
| Private rented | 19% |
| Social rented | 11.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around CH60
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 299 | CH60 1XW |
| Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 276 | CH60 4SA |
| Heswall Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 257 | CH60 7SD |
| Gayton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 213 | CH60 8PZ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in CH60
98 rated food businesses operate in CH60. 74 hold the top rating of 5, 6 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: After School Club (Gayton Primary), Aldi, Barnston Buddies, Barnston Primary School, Birchwood @ Kaleidoscope House.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in CH60
From a sample of 61 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 CH60 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 31% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
31%
Band D
48%
Band E
18%
Band F
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Wirral
Landlines around CH60 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.