Total Crime Rate
121.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bedford Rise area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 154th highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Bedford Rise (CW7 1NF) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Rise (CW7 1NF), 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 | Other theft | Blenheim Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Drive | 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 |
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