Total Crime Rate

299.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 299.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Other theft 43.3 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Peter Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northwich Leftwich , and the 39th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peter Street (CW9 5NB) in the last 12 months was 299.6 per 1,000 residents and was 86.1% higher than the Northwich Leftwich average (161.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peter Street (CW9 5NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pullman Drive, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Peter Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neumann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Salkeld Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Salt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Street
Sep 2025Public order Neumann Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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