Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 5PH
How much crime is recorded in WA7 5PH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Runcorn Halton Road
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,150 (2024)
WA7 5PHRuncorn
How safe is WA7 5PH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 5PH area, well below 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
17.2
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 5PHNational
Violence and sexual offences17.223.6
Other theft1.44.5
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Public order1.14.6
Anti-social behaviour0.710.7
Drugs0.72.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 53% 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.