Total Crime Rate
28.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Welsh Row area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 443rd 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 Welsh Row (CW5 5EW) in the last 12 months was 28.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% lower than the Nantwich North and West average (90.0 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 crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welsh Row (CW5 5EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowers Row, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorfold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowers Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorfold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowers Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bowers Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Second Wood Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cherry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cherry Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Water-Lode | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water-Lode | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Riverside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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