Total Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 49.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 9.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.9 3/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Myrtle Wood Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brereton Rural , and the 525th 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 Myrtle Wood Road (ST7 2WL) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Brereton Rural average (46.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 800.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Wood Road (ST7 2WL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linley Lane, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richard Woodcock Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtle Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norman Pidduck Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Linley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Linley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Linley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Linley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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