Total Crime Rate

192.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 192.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Public order 38.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 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

Canalside Cottage area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .

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 Canalside Cottage (WA7 2NX) in the last 12 months was 192.4 per 1,000 residents and was 102.9% higher than the Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor average (94.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 105.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canalside Cottage (WA7 2NX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Canalside Cottage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterbridge Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moscardini Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumaris Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumaris Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Arkwright Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Muncaster Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muncaster Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterbridge Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterbridge Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlefields Avenue North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Castlefields Avenue North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterbridge Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Waterbridge Mews Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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