Total Crime Rate

112.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 112.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lovely Lane area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 134th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lovely Lane (WA5 1NF) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovely Lane (WA5 1NF), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bewsey and Whitecross

Crime Over Time in Lovely Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bostock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Barnabas Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bostock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Barnabas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Barnabas Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Barnabas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garibaldi Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garibaldi Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Garibaldi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Garibaldi Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Selby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitecross Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitecross Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramhall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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