Total Crime Rate
53.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Capesthorne Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 282nd 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 Capesthorne Road (WA2 0HS) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Orford average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Capesthorne Road (WA2 0HS), the main crime hotspot is near Bittern Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 26 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 | Shoplifting | Dovedale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tyne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Capesthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thames Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bittern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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