Total Crime Rate
4555.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Gate area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the highest crime rate of 677 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 Market Gate (WA1 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 4555.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1562.6% higher than the Bewsey and Whitecross average (274.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 334 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 146.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -59.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 452 (≈ 2483.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Gate (WA1 2LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 170 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bewsey and Whitecross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Regent Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Foot | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Horrocks Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Foot | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Foot | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Foot | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patten Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patten Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Foot | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Austins Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Foot | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bridge Foot | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Friars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Horrocks Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Austins Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Austins Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Crown Street | Under investigation |
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