Total Crime Rate

72.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 72.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 31.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waterwheel Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bollington , and the 344th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterwheel Way (SK10 5DJ) in the last 12 months was 72.3 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% higher than the Bollington average (37.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterwheel Way (SK10 5DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leat Place (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterwheel Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverbank Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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