Total Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Freshfields area has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willaston and Rope , and the 454th lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Freshfields (CW2 6QD) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freshfields (CW2 6QD), 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 | 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 | Freshfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salander Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rope Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
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