Total Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Second Wood Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 469th highest crime rate of 1,268 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 Second Wood Street (CW5 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% lower than the Nantwich North and West average (80.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Second Wood Street (CW5 5EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Street. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Nantwich North and West

Crime Over Time in Second Wood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bowers Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Bowers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych House Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Yew Tree Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych House Bank Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monck Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych House Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wall Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych House Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych House Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowers Row Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.