Total Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mobberley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Knutsford , and the 76th 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 Mobberley Road (WA16 8GT) in the last 12 months was 200.7 per 1,000 residents and was 329.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 100.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mobberley Road (WA16 8GT), the main crime hotspot is near Longridge. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knutsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knutsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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