Total Crime Rate
123.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Small Crescent area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 110th 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 Small Crescent (WA2 9EX) in the last 12 months was 123.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -32.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Small Crescent (WA2 9EX), 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 Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Statham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Concorde Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Concorde Place | — |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Buttermere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scafell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Concorde Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Small Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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