Total Crime Rate

138.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lostock Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 86th 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 Lostock Avenue (WA5 0DD) in the last 12 months was 138.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lostock Avenue (WA5 0DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Folly Farm Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calgarth Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lostock Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Bewsey Park Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Molyneux Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charter Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Troutbeck Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bagot Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bagot Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bagot Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bagot Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Folly Farm Close
Apr 2026Other crime Folly Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reid Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gerrard Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerrard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerrard Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Allcard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Allcard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allcard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reid Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Holford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Calgarth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Southworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calgarth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norreys Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yardley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Yardley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Calgarth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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