Total Crime Rate

20.2 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 20.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.1 3/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Mill Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 262nd lowest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Lane (CH66 3NF) in the last 12 months was 20.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the Central & Grange average (128.4 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Lane (CH66 3NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thelwall Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eccleston Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilmslow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broxton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eccleston Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thelwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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