Total Crime Rate

233.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 116.8 9/10
  • Other theft 58.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawthorne Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Birchwood , and the 31st 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 Hawthorne Avenue (WA1 4AL) in the last 12 months was 233.6 per 1,000 residents and was 225.2% higher than the Birchwood average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (WA1 4AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Avenue, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manchester Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorne Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gordon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Manchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gordon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gordon Avenue Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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