Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Public order 19.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Church Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northwich Leftwich , and the 208th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (CW9 5PH) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower than the Northwich Leftwich average (161.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (CW9 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Princes Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Binney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wesley Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Princes Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wesley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Princes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Princes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neumann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Neumann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manora Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenall Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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