Total Crime Rate
697.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newton Road area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 4th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newton Road (WA2 8QL) in the last 12 months was 697.8 per 1,000 residents and was 700.6% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 305.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newton Road (WA2 8QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woburn Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crawley Avenue (45 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 | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crawley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woburn Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crawley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cotswold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birch Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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