Total Crime Rate
173.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grangeway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , 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 Grangeway (WA7 5HZ) in the last 12 months was 173.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% higher than the Bridgewater average (106.4 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grangeway (WA7 5HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hemlock Close, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorn Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bamford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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