Total Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Appleton , and the 3rd lowest 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 Mill Lane (WA4 2DE) in the last 12 months was 2.8 per 1,000 residents and was 95.0% lower than the Appleton average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Lane (WA4 2DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Archer Avenue, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarke Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockton Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grappenhall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumb Brook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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