Total Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dean Street 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 Dean Street (CW10 9DW) 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 Dean Street (CW10 9DW), 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.
View Crime In Middlewich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dierdens Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dierdens Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheelock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darlington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavian Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dierdens Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dierdens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Michaels Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dierdens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dierdens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dierdens Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
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