Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cartwright Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bewsey and Whitecross , and the 159th 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 Cartwright Street (WA5 1TH) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cartwright Street (WA5 1TH), 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bostock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garibaldi Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Garibaldi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Garibaldi Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bostock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garibaldi Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wardour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Barnabas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
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