Total Crime Rate
122.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grange Lane area has the 21st highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 152nd 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 Grange Lane (CW7 2BX) in the last 12 months was 122.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Lane (CW7 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Grange Lane. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joyce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Joyce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Fold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alundale Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alundale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ennerdale Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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