Total Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ribble Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Winsford Gravel , and the 428th lowest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ribble Avenue (CW7 3JY) in the last 12 months was 29.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower than the Winsford Gravel average (73.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ribble Avenue (CW7 3JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B5355, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dierden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B5355 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bollin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fernbank Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ribble Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nun House Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B5355 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Grove | Under investigation |
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