Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.9 8/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Longshaw Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 266th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Longshaw Street (WA5 0HS) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% lower than the Bewsey and Whitecross average (274.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longshaw Street (WA5 0HS), the main crime hotspot is near Tavlin Avenue. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Longshaw Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bardsley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hetherington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulting Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Anselms Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longshaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marshall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bardsley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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