Total Crime Rate
365.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
199.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Street area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Frodsham , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Main Street (WA6 7AF) in the last 12 months was 365.0 per 1,000 residents and was 589.4% higher than the Frodsham average (53.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 199.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Main Street (WA6 7AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A56, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Frodsham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frodsham | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kydds Wynt | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kydds Wynt | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Road | Under investigation |
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