Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grasmere Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 110th 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 Grasmere Avenue (WA2 0LR) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -17.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grasmere Avenue (WA2 0LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Concorde Place, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bittern Close (29 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 | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merewood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bittern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swift Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cherwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherwell Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osprey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bittern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Concorde Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Close | Under investigation |
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