Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 2SX
How much crime is recorded in WA7 2SX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Halton Lea & Brookvale
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,347 (2024)
WA7 2SXRuncorn
How safe is WA7 2SX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 2SX area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
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).
WA7 2SXNational
Violence and sexual offences29.223.6
Public order8.84.6
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Burglary5.19.1
Drugs4.92.4
Anti-social behaviour3.810.7
Other theft2.84.5
Possession of weapons2.80.9
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Other crime0.71.5
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.