Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 84.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 53.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ulverston Avenue area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ulverston Avenue (WA2 9LA) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ulverston Avenue (WA2 9LA), the main crime hotspot is near Elm Road. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ulverston Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crowe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crowe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cotswold Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lancing Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunter Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Brendon Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brendon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheviot Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaford Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Chiltern Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ajax Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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