Total Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brooks Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
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 Brooks Lane (CW10 0JG) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% higher than the Middlewich average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooks Lane (CW10 0JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashfield Street, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canal Terrace (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlewich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maidenhills | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewin Street | Under investigation |
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