Total Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hampson Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft , and the 179th lowest 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 Hampson Avenue (WA3 5RX) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% lower than the Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft average (46.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -98.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hampson Avenue (WA3 5RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downham Avenue (7 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 | Downham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitegate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribchester Gardens | — |
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