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Crime Rates in Cheshire East, local authority district

Crime Rate

68.2

68.2

Low 2/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 04.03.2026

Annual total crime rate in Cheshire East, (local authority district) is 68.2 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 2 out of 10 or low crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Cheshire East (local authority district) by type

Crime typeRateScore
Violence and sexual offences
314/10
Public order
7.436/10
Anti-social behaviour
5.881/10
Criminal damage and arson
4.542/10
Shoplifting
4.492/10
Other theft
4.172/10
Drugs
3.14/10
Burglary
2.42/10
Vehicle crime
1.822/10
Other crime
1.764/10
Possession of weapons
0.734/10
Bicycle theft
0.4163/10
Robbery
0.3082/10
Theft from the person
0.1711/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

Above are annual crime rates in Cheshire East (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in grey represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Cheshire East (local authority district).

The figures in black indicate the relative ratings of Cheshire East (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Cheshire East (local authority district) and North West (region)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population
  • Cheshire East
    LAD
  • North West
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Cheshire East (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates of wards within Cheshire East (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Wybunbury25.6 low
2. Wilmslow Dean Row27.8 low
3. Dane Valley28.3 low
4. Chelford33.6 low
5. Prestbury33.8 low
6. Disley34.1 low
7. Bollington35.3 low
8. Gawsworth36.4 low
9. Macclesfield Tytherington38.2 low
10. Poynton West and Adlington39.1 low
11. Haslington39.2 low
12. Willaston and Rope39.4 low
13. Poynton East and Pott Shrigley40.8 low
14. Audlem40.9 low
15. Wilmslow West and Chorley41.4 low
16. Wrenbury42.8 low
17. Mobberley43.1 low
18. Odd Rode45.4 low
19. Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock46 low
20. Knutsford49.3 low
21. Sandbach Elworth49.4 low
22. High Legh51.9 low
23. Wilmslow East52.1 low
24. Brereton Rural52.9 low
25. Alsager54.2 low
26. Sutton54.8 low
27. Wistaston57.1 low
28. Shavington57.3 low
29. Bunbury57.4 low
30. Broken Cross and Upton58.3 low
31. Leighton61.5 low
32. Sandbach Heath and East63.5 low
33. Sandbach Town63.6 low
34. Nantwich South and Stapeley66.1 low
35. Crewe North67.2 low
36. Macclesfield West and Ivy67.2 low
37. Congleton East71 low
38. Middlewich73.4 low
39. Alderley Edge73.4 low
40. Macclesfield East77.1 low
41. Macclesfield South78.8 low
42. Handforth80.7 low
43. Congleton West82.8 low
44. Nantwich North and West88.3 low
45. Wilmslow Lacey Green95.1 low
46. Crewe West99.5 low
47. Crewe St Barnabas99.6 low
48. Macclesfield Hurdsfield110 low
49. Crewe South127 medium
50. Crewe East131 medium
51. Macclesfield Central154 medium
52. Crewe Central232 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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