Total Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dorfold Drive area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 189th lowest 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 Dorfold Drive (CW5 5JB) in the last 12 months was 14.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorfold Drive (CW5 5JB), the main crime hotspot is near Wych House Bank. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nantwich North and West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Daisy Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yew Tree Drive | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wych House Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinde Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinde Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Daisy Bank | Under investigation |
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