Total Crime Rate
154.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Delves Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 67th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Delves Avenue (WA5 0AX) in the last 12 months was 154.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Delves Avenue (WA5 0AX), the main crime hotspot is near Boteler Avenue. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 23 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 | Public order | Gerrard Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagot Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boteler Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boteler Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Troutbeck Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Yardley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norreys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bewsey Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farmside Close | Under investigation |
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