Total Crime Rate

81.6 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 81.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Lea Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 298th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lea Drive (CW5 5JS) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lea Drive (CW5 5JS), the main crime hotspot is near Cope Avenue. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lea Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cope Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinde Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinde Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Daisy Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Honeysuckle Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Daisy Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harding Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Falcon Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blagg Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

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