Postcode · Widnes
Crime in WA8 0BE
How much crime is recorded in WA8 0BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Halton View
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,177 (2024)
WA8 0BEWidnes
How safe is WA8 0BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA8 0BE 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
18.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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).
WA8 0BENational
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Burglary10.99.1
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Other theft2.24.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Drugs1.12.4
Public order1.04.6
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 29% 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.