Total Crime Rate

266.4 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 266.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 51.7 8/10
  • Public order 31.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bowles Close area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 46th 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 Bowles Close (CW11 1YH) in the last 12 months was 266.4 per 1,000 residents and was 507.8% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 178.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 10.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 113.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 185.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowles Close (CW11 1YH), the main crime hotspot is near Middlewich Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowles Close area

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Data Sources

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