Crime Rates at Wellfield Street, Warrington, WA5 1PL

Wellfield Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 168th highest crime rate of 677 local areas in Warrington .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellfield Street (WA5 1PL) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellfield Street (WA5 1PL), 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.