Postcode · Warrington
Crime in WA2 0TE
How much crime is recorded in WA2 0TE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Houghton Green & Fearnhead
- Council
- Warrington
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,123 (2024)
How safe is WA2 0TE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA2 0TE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WA2 0TENational
Violence and sexual offences12.423.6
Public order9.24.6
Burglary6.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Other theft2.84.5
Other crime1.41.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Shoplifting0.78.4
Drugs0.72.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.