Total Crime Rate

555.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 555.0 10/10
  • Drugs 212.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 105.1 10/10
  • Other theft 95.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Runcorn Road area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Appleton , and the 7th 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 Runcorn Road (WA4 6TW) in the last 12 months was 555.0 per 1,000 residents and was 911.3% higher than the Appleton average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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