Total Crime Rate
4956.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2774.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Street area has the highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge Street (WA1 2EX) in the last 12 months was 4956.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1666.4% higher than the Bewsey and Whitecross average (280.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 374 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 7 cases , up 133.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 505 (≈ 2774.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street (WA1 2EX), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 403 crimes here, including 202 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Austins Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Friars Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Academy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Austins Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Academy Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Naylor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Austins Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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