Total Crime Rate
148.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bentley Grove area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 115th 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 Bentley Grove (CW7 1NH) in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 118.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bentley Grove (CW7 1NH), 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 | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commonwealth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Fields | 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 |
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