Postcode · Widnes
Crime in WA8 3HS
How much crime is recorded in WA8 3HS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Farnworth
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,314 (2024)
WA8 3HSWidnes
How safe is WA8 3HS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA8 3HS 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
20.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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 3HSNational
Violence and sexual offences16.823.6
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Burglary5.29.1
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Public order2.94.6
Shoplifting1.88.4
Drugs1.32.4
Other theft1.34.5
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 48% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.