Total Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kestrel Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 456th highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kestrel Close (CW10 0SA) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kestrel Close (CW10 0SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradfield Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princess Crescent (18 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 | Bradfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bradfield Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Warmingham Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Britannia Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranage Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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