Total Crime Rate

104.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Birch Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , and the 131st 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 Birch Road (WA7 5JL) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Road (WA7 5JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hemlock Close (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hemlock Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Runcorn Spur Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Eccleston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Windsor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemlock Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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