Total Crime Rate

49.5 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 49.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Birchfield Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 155th lowest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birchfield Road (WA8 7TF) in the last 12 months was 49.5 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 Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchfield Road (WA8 7TF), the main crime hotspot is near Laurel Bank. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B5419 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime Laurel Bank Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Laurel Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Laurel Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rose View Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tennyson Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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