Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Other crime 10.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Nelson Grove area has the 15th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Alsager , and the 536th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nelson Grove (ST7 2QB) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Alsager average (52.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nelson Grove (ST7 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wayside Linley, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nelson Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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