Total Crime Rate

80.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Middlewich Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northwich Leftwich , and the 291st 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 Middlewich Road (CW9 7BU) in the last 12 months was 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -17.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlewich Road (CW9 7BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pullman Drive, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middlewich Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowden Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowden Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pullman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malpas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malpas Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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