Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
400,528
Murder rate
0.2
Burglary rate
265.6
Drug offences rate
93.1
Weapon offences rate
26.5
All crime rates are the total number of reported incidents per 100,000 population
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All crime rates are the total number of reported incidents per 100,000 population
The crime rate in Cheshire East is 5,544 incidents per 100,000 population, according to figures published by the ONS for the year ending July 2022. In the year ending July 2022, there were 22,207 incidents of crime, a 148 increase in incidents when compared to the previous year. Compare crime rate by area.
The number of incidents of crime in Cheshire East grew by 0.7% between the years ending July 2021 and July 2022. Between 2011 and 2021, crime incidents on average grew by 2.6% per year.
There were 10,036 violent crime incidents (violent crime rate 2,506) in Cheshire East in the year ending July 2022. The chance of being involved in a violent crime incident in Cheshire East is about a 2.51% chance per year.
There were 4,913 incidents of theft (theft crime rate 1,227) in Cheshire East in the year ending July 2022. The chance of being involved in an incident of theft in Cheshire East is about a 1.23% chance per year.
The murder rate or homicide rate in Cheshire East is 0.2. There were 1 recorded murders in the year ending July 2022 in Cheshire East, a decrease of when compared to the previous year.
Between the year ending July 2021 and the year ending July 2022, there was an overall 1% growth in crime in Cheshire East. In England, crime increased by 11.3% year on year.
The fastest-growing type of crime in Cheshire East is Possession of weapons which changed by 35.9% in the last year. In England, the largest growing type of crime was Theft from the person which changed by 63.8% in the last year
The type of crime that saw the biggest reduction in the last year in Cheshire East was Drug offences which changed by -18.6% in the last year. In England, the largest declinings type of crime was Drug offences which decreased by 12.2% in the last year
Incidents of violence with injury in Cheshire East have risen by 60.2% between 2011 and 2021 from 1,496 to 2,396 incidents per year. Murders or homicides have increased by 50.0% from 2 to 3 per year.
Stabbings and shootings in Cheshire East are grouped into either violence resulting in injury if wounding occurred, or homicide if death occurred.
Violence crimes include Violence with injury (wounding and assault with minor injury), violence without injury (where the victim is punched, kicked, pushed or jostled with no resulting injury), homicide, death or serious injury by dangerous driving, and stalking and harassment.
Incidents of Residential Burglary in Cheshire East have risen by 4.5% between 2011 and 2021 from 831 to 868 incidents per year. Incidents of vehicle theft have decreased by 56.3% from 1,536 to 671 per year.
Theft crimes include Bicycle theft, Domestic burglary, Vehicle-related theft offences and other household theft offences. Domestic burglary figures are not available for 2018.
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Recorded incidents of crime in Cheshire East between June 2021 and July 2022, split by type of crime. Includes total incidents of crime, crime rate (incidents per 100,000 population), and incidents as a percentage of the total number of crimes.
Type | Incidents | crime rate | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stalking and harassment | 4,006 | 1,000 | 18% |
| Violence without injury | 3,436 | 858 | 15% |
| Public order offences | 3,390 | 846 | 15% |
| Violence with injury | 2,588 | 646 | 12% |
| Criminal damage | 1,998 | 499 | 9% |
| All other theft offences | 1,555 | 388 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 1,160 | 290 | 5% |
| Sexual offences | 907 | 226 | 4% |
| Residential burglary | 815 | 203 | 4% |
| Vehicle offences | 807 | 201 | 4% |
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2022. ONS Local statistics, Home Office - Police Recorded Crime