Total Crime Rate

382.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 382.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 240.3 10/10
  • Other theft 51.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 25th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 9BY) in the last 12 months was 382.0 per 1,000 residents and was 696.6% higher than the Whitby Groves average (48.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 162.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkett Avenue (CH65 9BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buttermere Avenue, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Underwood Drive (5 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 (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birkett Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Woodside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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