Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peterstone Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Burtonwood and Winwick , and the 210th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Warrington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Peterstone Close (WA5 9ED) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Burtonwood and Winwick average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peterstone Close (WA5 9ED), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Warrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Taurus Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Europa Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penmark Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carmarthen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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