Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 4AF
How much crime is recorded in WA7 4AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Beechwood & Heath
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,429 (2024)
WA7 4AFRuncorn
How safe is WA7 4AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 6.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 4AF area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 1 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
1/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
6.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
14
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 4AFNational
Violence and sexual offences6.323.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Drugs1.52.4
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Public order0.64.6
Other crime0.41.5
Other theft0.34.5
Burglary0.19.1
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.