Total Crime Rate

98.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.3 1/10
  • Robbery 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Broughton Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willaston and Rope , and the 231st 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 Broughton Lane (CW2 8JS) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 125.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 217.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broughton Lane (CW2 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wistaston Park, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Drive Gardens (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Broughton Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Drive Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Drive Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Drive Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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