Postcode · Widnes
Crime in WA8 9WT
How much crime is recorded in WA8 9WT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Farnworth
- Council
- Halton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,958 (2024)
WA8 9WTWidnes
How safe is WA8 9WT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA8 9WT 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
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 9WTNational
Violence and sexual offences12.823.6
Burglary4.79.1
Other theft4.14.5
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Public order1.84.6
Other crime1.31.5
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.