Total Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amelia Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 198th lowest 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 Amelia Street (WA2 7QA) in the last 12 months was 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amelia Street (WA2 7QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near O'Leary Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Orford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richardson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forster Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dudley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | O'Leary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winifred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | East Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzherbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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