Total Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kent Street area has the 38th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 163rd 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 Kent Street (WA4 1BT) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kent Street (WA4 1BT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A5061 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parr Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | River Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairclough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Public order | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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