Total Crime Rate
126.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orford Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 107th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orford Road (WA1 3TD) in the last 12 months was 126.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% higher than the Fairfield and Howley average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orford Road (WA1 3TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beresford Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarence Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairfield and Howley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briarwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boundary Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashwood Avenue | — |
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