Total Crime Rate
93.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beech Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , and the 154th 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 Beech Road (WA7 5LL) in the last 12 months was 93.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Road (WA7 5LL), 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.
View Crime In Bridgewater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eccleston Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Runcorn Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maple Avenue | Under investigation |
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