Total Crime Rate

231.7 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 231.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.6 10/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Mead Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 54th 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 Mead Close (CW11 3SR) in the last 12 months was 231.7 per 1,000 residents and was 428.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 122.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mead Close (CW11 3SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mead Close, where police recorded 13 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 Mead Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poppy Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mead Close Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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