Total Crime Rate

81.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.5 9/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hardings Wood Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 301st 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 Hardings Wood Avenue (CW11 3DS) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 170.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 122.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardings Wood Avenue (CW11 3DS), the main crime hotspot is near Richard Ashley Place. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardings Wood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trentlea Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Ashley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marriott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Ashley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Ashley Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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