Total Crime Rate

215.1 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 215.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 59.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Buckfast Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 63rd 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 Buckfast Way (CW10 9HU) in the last 12 months was 215.1 per 1,000 residents and was 199.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 107.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckfast Way (CW10 9HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A530, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Michaels Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buckfast Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Pinfold Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A530 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A530 —
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Michaels Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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