Total Crime Rate
195.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Battersby Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 46th highest crime rate of 675 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 Battersby Lane (WA2 7EY) in the last 12 months was 195.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher than the Fairfield and Howley average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -5.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 119.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Battersby Lane (WA2 7EY), the main crime hotspot is near Greenings Court. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 39 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firth Boulevard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rylands Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Houghton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dudley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnhem Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rhodes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | O'Leary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winifred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winifred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenings Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenings Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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