Total Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wansfell Place area has the 21st highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Orford , and the 148th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wansfell Place (WA2 9SN) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wansfell Place (WA2 9SN), 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.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandy Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandy Lane West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brendon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birch Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chiltern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grisedale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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