Total Crime Rate

122.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Vulcan Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 116th 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 Vulcan Close (WA2 0HW) in the last 12 months was 122.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% higher than the Orford average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vulcan Close (WA2 0HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vulcan Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vulcan Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Vulcan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appletree Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rosyth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valiant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lancaster Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Blackbrook Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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