Total Crime Rate
403.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Park Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Congleton East , and the 22nd 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 Lower Park Street (CW12 1EH) in the last 12 months was 403.2 per 1,000 residents and was 493.7% higher than the Congleton East average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 950.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 212.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 458.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Park Street (CW12 1EH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Congleton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Mill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallworth'S Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wallworth'S Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wallworth'S Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beartown Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beartown Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colehill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherratt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherratt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherratt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherratt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Jubilee Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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