Total Crime Rate
240.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Anderton Grange area has the highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead , and the 49th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Anderton Grange (CW9 8PY) in the last 12 months was 240.9 per 1,000 residents and was 687.2% higher than the Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead average (30.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 146.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anderton Grange (CW9 8PY), the main crime hotspot is near Waterbank Row. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterbank Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Webb'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weir Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockhurst Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockhurst Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterbank Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterbank Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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