Crime Rates at Whalley Road, Northwich, CW9 5QB

Whalley 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 Whalley Road (CW9 5QB) 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 Whalley Road (CW9 5QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheath Street, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandiford Square (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.