Total Crime Rate

96.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dunkirk Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 235th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunkirk Avenue (CW7 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% higher than the Winsford Dene average (86.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunkirk Avenue (CW7 1DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosvenor Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lichfield Court (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunkirk Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drumber Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lichfield Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Granville Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street
Sep 2025Public order The Drumber Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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