Total Crime Rate

150.0 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 150.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.5 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Grangeway area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , and the 75th 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 Grangeway (WA7 5HZ) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grangeway (WA7 5HZ), 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 Grangeway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Bamford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Larch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pear Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hemlock Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cypress Grove
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Larch Road Under investigation
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 Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemlock Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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