Crime Statistics for Higher Runcorn, Runcorn, Cheshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Higher Runcorn in October 2024. There were a total of 167 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Higher Runcorn, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	67
Public Order	21
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Shoplifting	11
Other Theft	9
Burglary	7
Drugs	7
Bicycle Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	167

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Higher Runcorn. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Higher Runcorn

We've taken the ten nearest places to Higher Runcorn and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Higher Runcorn has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Appleton (2.48 miles)	454
Halton View (2.56 miles)	243
Halton Brook (0.62 miles)	204
Crow Wood (2.56 miles)	182
Higher Runcorn	131
Beechwood (1.75 miles)	113
Brookvale (2.24 miles)	101
Palacefields (2.24 miles)	101
Hale (3.1 miles)	35
Hale Bank (1.96 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Higher Runcorn?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Higher Runcorn and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Appleton	173
Crow Wood	131
Halton View	85
Halton Brook	71
Higher Runcorn	67
Beechwood	46
Brookvale	44
Palacefields	44
Hale	14
Hale Bank	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Higher Runcorn?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Higher Runcorn to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Higher Runcorn compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Higher Runcorn and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Higher Runcorn is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingsway	86
2	Riverside	81
3	Grange	77
4	Halton Castle	76
5	Mersey	73
6	Halton Lea	67
7	Halton Brook	66
8	Ditton	62
9	Norton South	56
10	Heath	37
11	Beechwood	15

Which road in Higher Runcorn has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Higher Runcorn with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.