Total Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Veronica Mews area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bankfield , and the 96th 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 Veronica Mews (WA8 8HT) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% lower than the Bankfield average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Veronica Mews (WA8 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crossway Court, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radnor Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mayfair Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elizabeth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Primrose Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossway Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Northway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Green | — |
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