Total Crime Rate

93.4 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 93.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Drugs 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Cranford Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Handforth , and the 255th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Cranford Road (SK9 4DY) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% higher than the Handforth average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranford Road (SK9 4DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Booth Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranford Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cranford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lyme Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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