Total Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Austin Close area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 310th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Austin Close (CW7 1NB) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% lower than the Winsford Dene average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Austin Close (CW7 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedford Rise, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauxhall Way (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Chad'S Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blenheim Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
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