Total Crime Rate

18.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 18.1 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.1 2/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Smiths Lane area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hartford & Greenbank , and the 240th lowest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

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 Smiths Lane (CW8 3HF) in the last 12 months was 18.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower than the Hartford & Greenbank average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smiths Lane (CW8 3HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Smiths Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Well Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Well Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hawthorn Road Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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