Postcode · Widnes
Crime in WA8 7XT
How much crime is recorded in WA8 7XT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hough Green
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,642 (2024)
WA8 7XTWidnes
How safe is WA8 7XT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA8 7XT area, broadly in line with 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
31.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
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 7XTNational
Violence and sexual offences28.523.6
Public order7.34.6
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Other theft3.54.5
Drugs3.02.4
Possession of weapons1.90.9
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Other crime1.21.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Burglary0.39.1
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.