Total Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Capesthorne Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 150th 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 Capesthorne Road (WA2 9AU) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Orford average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Capesthorne Road (WA2 9AU), the main crime hotspot is near Concorde Place. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Orford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Concorde Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Concorde Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbrother Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Festival Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Capesthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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