Total Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Valiant Close area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 287th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Valiant Close (WA2 0JT) in the last 12 months was 50.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Valiant Close (WA2 0JT), 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.
View Crime In Orford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valiant Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Vulcan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unsworth Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unsworth Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unsworth Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unsworth Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unsworth Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Unsworth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Appletree Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lancaster Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blackbrook Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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