Total Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Primrose Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 214th lowest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Primrose Close (WA2 9BS) in the last 12 months was 26.1 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Primrose Close (WA2 9BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Concorde Place, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morgan Avenue (25 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 | Morgan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Concorde Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Robbery | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Festival Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Small Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Concorde Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Statham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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