Total Crime Rate

187.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

91.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 91.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 59.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Public order 35.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 87th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 The Crescent (CW10 9HH) in the last 12 months was 187.3 per 1,000 residents and was 148.9% higher than the Middlewich average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting 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 Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 91.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (CW10 9HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A530, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Michaels Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Oddfellows Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Darlington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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