Total Crime Rate
107.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westfield Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Knutsford , and the 209th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Westfield Drive (WA16 0BL) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 130.3% higher than the Knutsford average (46.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westfield Drive (WA16 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranford Square, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Racefield Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knutsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Acacia Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Racefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Racefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathfield Square | Awaiting court outcome |
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