Crime Rate in Birchfield, ward

Birchfield has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 18 wards in Halton district and the 1394th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 290th lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Birchfield in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% lower than the Halton district average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Birchfield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 178 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Birchfield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 30 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cronton Lane (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.