Total Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parklands area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Birchfield , and the 28th 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 Parklands (WA8 4NQ) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parklands (WA8 4NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hambleton Close. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hough Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flander Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aylsham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rainbow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rainbow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deepdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deepdale | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rainbow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hambleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hambleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiverton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chedworth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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