Total Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Portrush Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Birchfield , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Portrush Close (WA8 9SH) in the last 12 months was 5.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% lower than the Birchfield average (37.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portrush Close (WA8 9SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lingwell Park, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bude Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birchfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lingwell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shannon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Biddlestone Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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