Total Crime Rate

88.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 88.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sinclair Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 164th 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 Sinclair Avenue (WA8 7LT) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sinclair Avenue (WA8 7LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorside Court, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hood Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sinclair Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hood Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hood Road
Sep 2025Public order Moorside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Browning Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Browning Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egypt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mottershead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mottershead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haig Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sinclair Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Squires Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millar Crescent Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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