Total Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Booth Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 319th highest crime rate of 675 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 Booth Street (WA5 1DB) in the last 12 months was 47.2 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Booth Street (WA5 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tulip Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lavender Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowberry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tulip Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulip Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulip Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tulip Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppyfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppyfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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