Total Crime Rate

149.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 149.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.0 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dorchester Road 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 Dorchester Road (WA5 1XZ) 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 Dorchester Road (WA5 1XZ), 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

Crime Over Time in Dorchester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blandford Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Blandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornchurch Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rozel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almer Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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