Total Crime Rate

131.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Nixon Drive area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Winsford Over & Verdin , and the 137th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nixon Drive (CW7 2HR) in the last 12 months was 131.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% higher than the Winsford Over & Verdin average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nixon Drive (CW7 2HR), the main crime hotspot is near Carden Avenue. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nixon Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Nixon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carden Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carden Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delamere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Abbotts Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotts Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotts Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birkdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bexton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bexton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nixon Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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