Total Crime Rate
216.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sonoran Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor , and the 39th highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
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 Sonoran Close (WA7 2RY) in the last 12 months was 216.9 per 1,000 residents and was 128.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1141.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sonoran Close (WA7 2RY), the main crime hotspot is near Cotton Lane. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Winnows | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Central Expressway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leaside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallowfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fallowfield | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cotton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Davenport Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Winnows | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Expressway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhurst | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fernhurst | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | The Glebe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Penfolds | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Heys | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Halton Lodge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaside | Under investigation |
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