Overview of Cheshire East crime rate
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The most frequent categories of crime in Cheshire East are Violence and sexual offences (39.9%), Anti-social behaviour (16.5%), and Public order (9.2%), while the least common are Possession of weapons (0.8%), Robbery (0.5%), and Theft from the person (0.4%).
The region is divided into 52 wards, with Crewe Central (328.0), Macclesfield Central (180.1), and Crewe South (157.4) experiencing the highest crime rates. In contrast, the safest wards are Congleton East (6.5), Dane Valley (Cheshire East) (5.1), and Odd Rode (5.1).
Cheshire East crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 9176 (39.9)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 3788 (16.5)%
- Public order – 2120 (9.2)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 1615 (7.0)%
- Shoplifting – 1542 (6.7)%
- Other theft – 1510 (6.6)%
- Burglary – 862 (3.8)%
- Vehicle crime – 662 (2.9)%
- Drugs – 600 (2.6)%
- Other crime – 440 (1.9)%
- Bicycle theft – 284 (1.2)%
- Possession of weapons – 180 (0.8)%
- Robbery – 106 (0.5)%
- Theft from the person – 87 (0.4)%
How does Cheshire East compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Cheshire East is compared against
Crime rates in Cheshire East wards
There are 52 wards within Cheshire East. Crewe Central, Macclesfield Central, Crewe South has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 52 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Crewe Central (328.0)
- Macclesfield Central (180.1)
- Crewe South (157.4)
- Crewe East (104.8)
- Crewe West (103.0)
- Handforth (97.5)
- Crewe St Barnabas (94.9)
- Macclesfield Hurdsfield (94.9)
- Wilmslow East (88.3)
- Nantwich North and West (84.6)
- Macclesfield South (76.5)
- Wilmslow Lacey Green (73.1)
- Crewe North (70.8)
- Nantwich South and Stapeley (66.9)
- Macclesfield East (66.2)
- Broken Cross and Upton (65.6)
- Knutsford (64.6)
- Macclesfield West and Ivy (60.9)
- Alderley Edge (57.4)
- Shavington (57.3)
- Leighton (56.6)
- High Legh (53.6)
- Wrenbury (52.8)
- Macclesfield Tytherington (50.7)
- Disley (50.4)
- Wistaston (49.2)
- Bunbury (45.4)
- Bollington (43.4)
- Wilmslow West and Chorley (41.9)
- Poynton East and Pott Shrigley (41.6)
- Haslington (41.2)
- Poynton West and Adlington (41.0)
- Willaston and Rope (38.1)
- Mobberley (37.8)
- Gawsworth (37.2)
- Chelford (35.3)
- Sutton (Cheshire East) (31.7)
- Wilmslow Dean Row (27.6)
- Audlem (27.3)
- Prestbury (Cheshire East) (25.5)
- Wybunbury (25.3)
- Sandbach Town (14.7)
- Alsager (14.3)
- Congleton West (10.3)
- Sandbach Heath and East (9.0)
- Middlewich (8.6)
- Sandbach Elworth (8.3)
- Brereton Rural (8.3)
- Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock (7.6)
- Congleton East (6.5)
- Dane Valley (Cheshire East) (5.1)
- Odd Rode (5.1)
Analyze trends and crime types for Cheshire East wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Cheshire East
There are 29 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Cheshire East. Highest crime rates in CW1, CW7, SK23 .
- CW1 – 115.3
- CW7 – 99.2
- SK23 – 98.3
- CW2 – 96.9
- SK11 – 82.4
- CW9 – 76.0
- SK9 – 64.7
- SY13 – 60.9
- CW5 – 60.7
- SK10 – 60.5
- TF9 – 57.2
- WA16 – 56.5
- SY14 – 43.9
- ST7 – 41.9
- CW6 – 40.6
- WA13 – 39.6
- CH3 – 35.3
- CW3 – 30.8
- SK12 – 22.0
- CW11 – 10.2
- CW12 – 9.4
- CW10 – 9.0
- CW4 – 6.5
- WA14 – 1.8
- WA15 – 0.6
- SK7 – 0.6
- SK8 – 0.6
- SK6 – 0.6
- M22 – 0.2
Postcode districts in Cheshire East
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