Total Crime Rate

31.0 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 31.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Middlewich Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 484th lowest crime rate of 1,268 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 Middlewich Road (CW11 1EH) in the last 12 months was 31.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Sandbach Elworth average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlewich Road (CW11 1EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Etherow Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paddock Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middlewich Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poppy Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Mead Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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