Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Street area has the 45th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 210th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Street (WA4 1BA) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Fairfield and Howley average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Street (WA4 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carol Street, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A5061 (12 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 | Harbord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clelland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harbord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A5061 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairclough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clelland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clelland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clelland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hughes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hughes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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