Total Crime Rate

151.2 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 151.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Knutsford Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 75th 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 Knutsford Road (WA4 1AB) in the last 12 months was 151.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Fairfield and Howley average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knutsford Road (WA4 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Foot. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knutsford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Napier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bridge Foot Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mersey Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Academy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Academy Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Foot Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Foot Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Foot Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Foot Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Foot Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Foot Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mersey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5061 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary A49 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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