Total Crime Rate

90.6 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 90.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 1.7 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
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

Lingley Green Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Burtonwood and Winwick , and the 176th 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 Lingley Green Avenue (WA5 3UZ) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lingley Green Avenue (WA5 3UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watergrove Crescent, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rudyard Lake (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lingley Green Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5280 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime A5280 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castleshaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Watergrove Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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