Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Nightingale Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Birchwood , and the 133rd 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 Nightingale Close (WA3 6PD) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% higher than the Birchwood average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -73.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Close (WA3 6PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightingale Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pheasant Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redpoll Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burrough Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admirals Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Admirals Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Admirals Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Admirals Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Admirals Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fieldfare Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teal Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Admirals Road
Sep 2025Public order Ordnance Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redshank Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linnet Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pipit Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linnet Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Close
Sep 2025Public order Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whinchat Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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