Total Crime Rate
431.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
238.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Park Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Congleton East , and the 18th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 431.8 per 1,000 residents and was 521.9% higher than the Congleton East average (69.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 238.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Park Street (CW12 1EH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Congleton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountbatten Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Mill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albany Mill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colehill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colehill Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beartown Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountbatten Way | Under investigation |
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