Total Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsley Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgewater , and the 41st lowest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsley Road (WA7 5PL) in the last 12 months was 13.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 325.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsley Road (WA7 5PL), the main crime hotspot is near Downs Road. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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