Postcode · Runcorn
Crime in WA7 5UP
How much crime is recorded in WA7 5UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Runcorn Halton Road
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,114 (2024)
WA7 5UPRuncorn
How safe is WA7 5UP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA7 5UP area, above 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
35.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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 5UPNational
Violence and sexual offences31.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.210.7
Criminal damage and arson4.64.7
Public order4.14.6
Burglary2.49.1
Other theft2.34.5
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.91.5
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Shoplifting1.18.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% 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.