Total Crime Rate

143.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 143.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Public order 25.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lyster Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Birchwood , and the 87th 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 Lyster Close (WA3 6QE) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 99.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 91.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyster Close (WA3 6QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightingale Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Admirals Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyster Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Admirals Road —
Sep 2025Public order Chaffinch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliday Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Public order Admirals Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Admirals Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lyster Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lyster Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyster Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Fieldfare Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teal Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whinchat Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightingale Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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