Total Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ajax Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 243rd 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 Ajax Avenue (WA2 9RN) in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 22.2% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ajax Avenue (WA2 9RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunter Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sinclair Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandy Lane West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Achilles Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ajax Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crowe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandy Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dean Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sinclair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marron Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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