Total Crime Rate

269.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

205.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 269.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 205.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 165.2 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mortimer Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 23rd 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 Mortimer Avenue (WA2 8AN) in the last 12 months was 269.6 per 1,000 residents and was 154.7% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 205.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Avenue (WA2 8AN), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grace Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alder Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alder Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Alder Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Alder Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alder Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alder Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Alder Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fitzherbert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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