Total Crime Rate

49.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tennyson Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 156th 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 Tennyson Road (WA8 7DB) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% lower than the Appleton average (169.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (WA8 7DB), the main crime hotspot is near Woodland Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haig Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Squires Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Timmis Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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