Total Crime Rate
30.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oleary Street area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 256th 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 Oleary Street (WA2 7SA) in the last 12 months was 30.1 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oleary Street (WA2 7SA), the main crime hotspot is near Norris Street. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 53 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 | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rylock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsh House Lane | — |
| 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 | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rylock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rylands Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norris Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ridgway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh House Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richardson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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