Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Middlewich , and the 152nd lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Road (CW10 9PY) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% lower than the Middlewich average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Road (CW10 9PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheelock Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlewich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wallcroft Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawrence Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darlington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oddfellows Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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