Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.3 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Yellowhammer Crescent area has the 30th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Winsford Dene , and the 257th 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 Yellowhammer Crescent (CW7 4FL) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Winsford Dene average (86.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yellowhammer Crescent (CW7 4FL), the main crime hotspot is near Lichfield Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yellowhammer Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lichfield Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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