Total Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Algernon Street area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 268th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Algernon Street (WA1 3QP) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Fairfield and Howley average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Algernon Street (WA1 3QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rylock Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mote Hill Court (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buckton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh House Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsh House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spinners Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Salisbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Houghton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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