Total Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cotswold Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 235th highest crime rate of 677 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 Cotswold Road (WA2 9SG) in the last 12 months was 64.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% lower than the Orford average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotswold Road (WA2 9SG), the main crime hotspot is near Crawley Avenue. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Orford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birch Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cotswold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crawley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crawley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ulverston Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
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