Total Crime Rate

101.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 101.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Public order 35.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Burglary 5.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Mates Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Farndon , and the 213th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Mates Lane (SY14 8JE) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 271.0% higher than the Farndon average (27.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mates Lane (SY14 8JE), the main crime hotspot is near Mates Lane. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mates Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mates Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mates Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Mates Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Mates Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mates Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mates Lane —
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Data Sources

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