Total Crime Rate

85.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 69.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middle Walk area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Knutsford , and the 280th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Middle Walk (WA16 8EW) in the last 12 months was 85.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middle Walk (WA16 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Walk, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ella Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Teal Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ella Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ella Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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