Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tiverton Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Birchfield , and the 170th highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tiverton Close (WA8 4SL) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 125.1% higher than the Birchfield average (37.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tiverton Close (WA8 4SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunsford, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darley Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birchfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hambleton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hambleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hough Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hough Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hough Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Road | Under investigation |
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