Total Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dam Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft , and the 181st highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dam Lane (WA3 6LB) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.6% higher than the Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft average (47.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dam Lane (WA3 6LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dam Lane, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dam Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dam Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dam Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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