Total Crime Rate

92.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Matlock Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Burtonwood and Winwick , and the 172nd 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 Matlock Close (WA5 3PZ) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% higher than the Burtonwood and Winwick average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matlock Close (WA5 3PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Tenbury Close. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Matlock Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tunbridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Harrogate Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Matlock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tenbury Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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