Total Crime Rate

27.5 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 27.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Webbs Lane area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 423rd lowest crime rate of 1,268 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 Webbs Lane (CW10 9DN) in the last 12 months was 27.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Webbs Lane (CW10 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheelock Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Webbs Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flavian Close 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
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Bull Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Bull Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dierdens Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Dierdens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dierdens Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Michaels Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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