Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Princess Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willaston and Rope , and the 286th 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 Princess Drive (CW2 8HS) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.6% higher than the Willaston and Rope average (43.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 325.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 192.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princess Drive (CW2 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pochard Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princess Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Princess Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pochard Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Drive Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Drive Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Drive Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pochard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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