Total Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025White Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Appleton , and the 71st highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around White Street (WA4 6JX) in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% higher than the Appleton average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around White Street (WA4 6JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dundonald Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Appleton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chelford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carlisle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grice Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridgewater Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dundonald Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dundonald Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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