Crime Rates at Milton Road, Widnes, WA8 7JR

Milton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 24th 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 Milton Road (WA8 7JR) in the last 12 months was 305.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (WA8 7JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorside Court, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cameron Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.