Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 5TE
How much crime is recorded in WA7 5TE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Runcorn Halton Road
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,178 (2024)
WA7 5TERuncorn
How safe is WA7 5TE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 5TE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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 5TENational
Violence and sexual offences18.823.6
Anti-social behaviour10.610.7
Public order6.44.6
Burglary6.49.1
Drugs4.32.4
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Shoplifting1.88.4
Other theft1.04.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Other crime0.31.5
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.