Total Crime Rate
943.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
401.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suttons Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Suttons Lane (WA8 7UF) in the last 12 months was 943.5 per 1,000 residents and was 484.9% higher than the Appleton average (161.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 401.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suttons Lane (WA8 7UF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central & West Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keble Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lacey Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton'S Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emily Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emily Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Emily Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Emily Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Emily Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Emily Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Emily Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adelaide Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quinn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elizabeth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elizabeth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Cross Street | Under investigation |
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