Total Crime Rate

62.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 62.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

This area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Audlem , and the 424th 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 This (CW5 6DG) in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% higher than the Audlem average (39.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode CW5 6DG, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wettenhall Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in CW5 6DG area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wettenhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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