Total Crime Rate
149.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Almer Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall , and the 79th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Almer Drive (WA5 1JU) in the last 12 months was 149.1 per 1,000 residents and was 407.9% higher than the Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall average (29.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 140.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Almer Drive (WA5 1JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosemary Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Almer Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Blandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornchurch Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Almer Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Croft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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