Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 4TE
How much crime is recorded in WA7 4TE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Beechwood & Heath
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,296 (2024)
WA7 4TERuncorn
How safe is WA7 4TE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 10.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 4TE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
10.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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 4TENational
Violence and sexual offences9.223.6
Public order3.84.6
Drugs2.32.4
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Other theft1.64.5
Other crime1.31.5
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% 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.