Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clapgates Crescent area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 190th 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 Clapgates Crescent (WA5 0AE) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% lower than the Bewsey and Whitecross average (280.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clapgates Crescent (WA5 0AE), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 82 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 | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wardour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radnor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farmside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
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