Total Crime Rate
12.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanney Lane area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Whitby Groves , and the 149th lowest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stanney Lane (CH65 9AQ) in the last 12 months was 12.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% lower than the Whitby Groves average (56.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanney Lane (CH65 9AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dover Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rugby Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitby Groves| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dover Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlech Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dover Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harlech Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
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