Total Crime Rate

35.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 35.8 4/10
  • Violent crimes 26.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middlewich Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 552nd lowest crime rate of 1,263 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 Middlewich Road (CW11 1EH) in the last 12 months was 35.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the Sandbach Elworth average (42.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% 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 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Middlewich Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickmere Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Buttercup Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickmere Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pickmere Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttercup Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickmere Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Paddock Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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