Total Crime Rate

358.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 358.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 187.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.1 9/10
  • Other theft 32.1 10/10
  • Public order 32.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Queen Street area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Queen Street (CW10 9AR) in the last 12 months was 358.3 per 1,000 residents and was 399.4% higher than the Middlewich average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 224.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Street (CW10 9AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Civic Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dierdens Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft The Bull Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Bull Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flavian Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Hall Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Hall Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Hall Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Civic Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Civic Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darlington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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