Published crime rates, Cheshire (Cheshire Constabulary area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 31	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CH1 32,948 residents	180.0	5,932
2	WA1 23,331 residents	157.9	3,685
3	CW1 44,776 residents	121.0	5,416
4	CH65 30,575 residents	110.6	3,383
5	WA2 40,997 residents	103.5	4,242
6	WA7 63,199 residents	93.8	5,930
7	WA8 64,085 residents	91.4	5,858
8	CW7 34,569 residents	90.6	3,131
9	SK11 37,596 residents	87.0	3,272
10	CW2 44,041 residents	84.1	3,705
11	CH2 35,664 residents	78.8	2,810
12	CW10 15,603 residents	75.4	1,177
13	CW12 33,361 residents	74.1	2,472
14	CW9 35,216 residents	71.2	2,508
15	SK12 19,409 residents	65.1	1,264
16	CW5 33,179 residents	63.8	2,118

Lowest published rates

Rank of 31	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
31	CW6 13,604 residents	29.4	400
30	CW4 10,851 residents	32.3	350
29	CH64 19,202 residents	32.7	627
28	CH3 36,505 residents	33.8	1,233
27	WA6 19,509 residents	42.2	823
26	WA16 24,378 residents	46.2	1,127
25	CW8 40,311 residents	46.8	1,887
24	CH66 35,916 residents	47.4	1,702
23	SY14 7,058 residents	48.5	342
22	WA4 49,409 residents	57.7	2,851
21	CW11 27,042 residents	57.8	1,562
20	WA5 62,639 residents	57.8	3,619
19	SK10 40,893 residents	58.5	2,392
18	CH4 34,820 residents	59.4	2,067
17	SK9 39,957 residents	60.1	2,400

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 91	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CH65 9 5,592 residents	173.6	971
2	WA8 6 7,802 residents	163.0	1,272
3	WA2 8 5,981 residents	151.6	907
4	WA7 1 6,982 residents	150.7	1,052
5	CW2 7 10,002 residents	139.4	1,394
6	WA8 7 10,715 residents	131.6	1,410
7	CW5 5 8,810 residents	130.6	1,151
8	WA2 7 7,909 residents	126.9	1,004
9	CH1 4 7,346 residents	113.0	830
10	WA7 2 15,824 residents	110.0	1,740
11	CH2 1 9,946 residents	108.9	1,083
12	CW1 3 18,657 residents	106.6	1,988
13	WA2 9 10,380 residents	104.4	1,084
14	CH66 3 5,696 residents	102.4	583
15	WA7 5 12,834 residents	101.5	1,303
16	CW7 1 10,208 residents	100.6	1,027
17	CW7 3 9,498 residents	99.9	949
18	CH1 5 13,801 residents	98.2	1,355
19	CW2 6 10,676 residents	93.9	1,002
20	SK9 3 6,930 residents	92.6	642

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 91	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
91	WA8 3 6,392 residents	20.8	133
90	CW9 6 5,589 residents	25.0	140
89	CH3 6 8,217 residents	25.6	210
88	SK9 6 5,642 residents	25.9	146
87	WA5 2 9,912 residents	28.6	283
86	CW6 9 6,277 residents	29.0	182
85	CW6 0 7,327 residents	29.8	218
84	SK12 2 5,262 residents	30.8	162
83	CH66 2 12,204 residents	31.5	384
82	CH66 4 8,955 residents	32.6	292
81	CW5 7 10,839 residents	33.1	359
80	CH3 7 6,745 residents	33.5	226
79	CW11 1 7,511 residents	33.7	253
78	WA5 3 13,344 residents	34.1	455
77	CW8 3 7,479 residents	34.2	256
76	WA4 5 7,578 residents	35.6	270
75	WA5 8 8,314 residents	36.3	302
74	CW11 3 10,217 residents	36.4	372
73	SK10 5 9,368 residents	36.6	343
72	SK9 2 9,511 residents	37.6	358

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