Total Crime Rate
668.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
393.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beam Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 6th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Beam Street (CW5 5LL) in the last 12 months was 668.0 per 1,000 residents and was 642.0% higher 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 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 393.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beam Street (CW5 5LL), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Street. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pepper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pepper Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pall Mall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Second Wood Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Local resolution |
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