Total Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crow Wood Lane area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Birchfield , and the 61st lowest 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 Crow Wood Lane (WA8 3LY) in the last 12 months was 19.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Birchfield average (39.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crow Wood Lane (WA8 3LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fieldway, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crow Wood Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Halton View| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishops Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorley'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishops Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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