Total Crime Rate
40.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Davenham Way area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 615th lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Davenham Way (CW10 0SN) in the last 12 months was 40.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Davenham Way (CW10 0SN), 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 | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Princess Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranage Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanthorne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanthorne Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Warmingham Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Vi Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bradfield Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.