Total Crime Rate
117.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fairfield and Howley , and the 120th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lord Street (WA4 1BZ) in the last 12 months was 117.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Street (WA4 1BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mersey Street (31 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 | Bennett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A49 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bennett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | River Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mersey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A5061 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Street | Under investigation |
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