Total Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fairhaven Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 86th 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 Fairhaven Road (WA8 6RA) in the last 12 months was 25.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% lower than the Appleton average (169.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairhaven Road (WA8 6RA), the main crime hotspot is near Edwin Street. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Appleton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Reay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairhaven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belvoir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bevan Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Breck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Breck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
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