Total Crime Rate

660.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 660.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 485.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 85.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Other theft 51.5 10/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birkett Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Whitby Groves , and the 11th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birkett Avenue (CH65 9BX) in the last 12 months was 660.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1079.2% higher than the Whitby Groves average (56.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkett Avenue (CH65 9BX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Birkett Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Dover Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rugby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dover Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harlech Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harlech Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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