Total Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Berkeley Crescent area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willaston and Rope , and the 219th lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Berkeley Crescent (CW2 6QA) in the last 12 months was 16.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Willaston and Rope average (32.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berkeley Crescent (CW2 6QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Herrick Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spencer Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wistaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rope Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freshfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herrick Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herrick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salander Crescent | Under investigation |
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