Data reveals 10 most anti-social streets in Warrington in 2023

It follows an investigation by the Warrington Guardian from data taken from the Home Office-run website Police.uk

This has been filtered to find the streets in Warrington with the highest number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour.

This data has been taken from last year, between January 2023 and December 2023.

Police say wherever anti-social behaviour patterns are highlighted as areas of concern, they will take action.

Patten Lane in the town centre featured highly (Image: Warrington Guardian)

Cheshire Police defines anti-social behaviour as actions by a person that cause harassment, alarm or distress to people not of the same household.

There are three main categories for anti-social behaviour – targeting a specific person or group, causing trouble, annoyance or suffering to a community, and when a person’s actions impact the wider environment, such as public spaces or buildings.

It can involve vehicles like bikes, rowdiness, littering, trespassing, drinking alcohol, begging and the use of fireworks.

There are caveats with the data, including that these offences are those that have been reported to the police - some instances may have been reported more than once, whereas other instances may not have been reported at all.

The streets in Warrington with the highest number of antisocial behaviour offences recorded last year were:

• Patten Lane, town centre – 52
• Hamnett Court, Birchwood – 20
• Bridge Foot, town centre – 18
• Greenings Court, Orford – 16
• Orford Lane, Orford – 15
• Prince Henry Square, town centre – 12
• Chapel Yard, town centre – 11
• Perth Close, Cinnamon Brow – 11
• Alder Lane, Orford – 10
• Victoria Street, town centre – 10