Total Crime Rate
64.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ambleside Crescent area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ambleside Crescent (WA2 9NE) in the last 12 months was 64.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 10.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ambleside Crescent (WA2 9NE), the main crime hotspot is near Morgan Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Statham 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edenhall Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edenhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cartmel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scafell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scafell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buttermere Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buttermere Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buttermere Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buttermere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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