Total Crime Rate

254.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 254.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 127.3 10/10
  • Public order 36.4 10/10
  • Other theft 22.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Other crime 13.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Poplar Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Avenue (WA7 5HT) in the last 12 months was 254.6 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% higher than the Bridgewater average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 177.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 95.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar Avenue (WA7 5HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorn Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Poplar Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemlock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bamford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Larch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pear Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hemlock Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cypress Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birstall Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birstall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Larch Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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