Cheshire violent crime statistics

As of April 2026, the annual crime rate in Cheshire county stands at 35.8 crimes per 1000 people. Cheshire's current crime levels are at 101% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 45.6% of all crimes reported in the county. Violent crime totalled 36.3k representing a decrease 2.6% year-over-year.

Cheshire violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Cheshire county	crime statistic	England & Wales
35.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.4
101%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
45.6%	share of all crimes	35.3%
36.3k	crimes reported	2.0M
-2.6%	annual change	1.3%

Cheshire violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
CH1 1	272%	96	486
CH1 2	169%	60	529
CH1 3	182%	64	382
CH1 4	72%	25	287
CH1 5	210%	74	708
CH1 6	62%	22	132
CH2 1	138%	49	610
CH2 2	97%	34	183
CH2 3	84%	30	234
CH2 4	79%	28	206
CH3 5	66%	23	234
CH3 6	67%	24	113
CH3 7	55%	20	110
CH3 8	34%	12	42
CH3 9	52%	18	75
CH4 7	89%	32	195
CH4 9	24%	8	64
CH64 0	66%	23	39
CH64 2	20%	7	7
CH64 4	33%	12	20
CH64 5	19%	7	5
CH64 8	50%	18	7
CH64 9	94%	33	133
CH65 0	152%	54	135
CH65 2	132%	47	199
CH65 3	169%	60	132
CH65 4	213%	75	237
CH65 5	117%	41	251
CH65 6	56%	20	56
CH65 7	197%	70	183
CH65 8	249%	88	358
CH65 9	125%	44	357
CH66 1	102%	36	178
CH66 2	76%	27	208
CH66 3	173%	61	268
CH66 4	103%	36	193
CH66 5	49%	17	13
CH66 6	16%	6	2
CH66 7	132%	47	20
CH66 8	16%	6	2
CW1 2	163%	58	344
CW1 3	147%	52	934
CW1 4	163%	58	613
CW1 5	81%	29	271
CW1 6	22%	8	73
CW10 0	106%	37	280
CW10 9	100%	36	237
CW11 1	85%	30	220
CW11 2	88%	31	60
CW11 3	126%	45	257
CW11 4	116%	41	192
CW12 1	160%	57	402
CW12 2	139%	49	191
CW12 3	107%	38	283
CW12 4	89%	32	287
CW2 5	90%	32	219
CW2 6	111%	39	391
CW2 7	200%	71	574
CW2 8	126%	45	422
CW3 0	82%	29	70
CW4 7	53%	19	93
CW4 8	71%	25	92
CW5 5	157%	56	524
CW5 6	88%	31	207
CW5 7	75%	27	208
CW5 8	61%	22	82
CW6 0	44%	16	98
CW6 9	57%	20	107
CW7 1	139%	49	416
CW7 2	136%	48	524
CW7 3	112%	40	433
CW7 4	208%	74	140
CW8 1	127%	45	341
CW8 2	88%	31	215
CW8 3	67%	24	132
CW8 4	98%	35	284
CW9 5	167%	59	375
CW9 6	32%	12	58
CW9 7	70%	25	348
CW9 8	87%	31	277
L24 4	93%	33	22
L24 5	19%	7	8
SK10 1	84%	30	148
SK10 2	80%	28	316
SK10 3	93%	33	321
SK10 4	30%	11	127
SK10 5	52%	18	148
SK11 0	49%	17	75
SK11 6	149%	53	360
SK11 7	160%	57	522
SK11 8	121%	43	444
SK11 9	53%	19	74
SK12 1	57%	20	231
SK12 2	48%	17	62
SK9 1	40%	14	74
SK9 2	96%	34	213
SK9 3	69%	24	199
SK9 5	35%	12	79
SK9 6	50%	18	65
SK9 7	66%	24	145
ST7 2	108%	38	375
ST7 3	68%	24	134
SY13 4	45%	16	53
SY14 7	62%	22	46
SY14 8	77%	27	93
WA1 1	117%	41	404
WA1 2	241%	85	664
WA1 3	128%	45	342
WA1 4	46%	16	167
WA13 0	61%	22	120
WA16 0	48%	17	96
WA16 6	39%	14	66
WA16 7	28%	10	34
WA16 8	55%	19	176
WA16 9	17%	6	34
WA2 0	122%	43	614
WA2 7	180%	64	456
WA2 8	167%	59	453
WA2 9	222%	79	592
WA3 4	46%	16	71
WA3 5	62%	22	102
WA3 6	56%	20	355
WA3 7	27%	9	93
WA4 1	175%	62	469
WA4 2	71%	25	244
WA4 3	68%	24	97
WA4 4	27%	10	97
WA4 5	55%	19	107
WA4 6	53%	19	209
WA5 0	126%	45	354
WA5 1	126%	45	604
WA5 2	53%	19	154
WA5 3	50%	18	204
WA5 4	95%	34	102
WA5 7	52%	18	62
WA5 8	106%	38	147
WA5 9	47%	17	114
WA6 0	73%	26	86
WA6 6	70%	25	101
WA6 7	90%	32	147
WA6 8	32%	11	19
WA6 9	39%	14	27
WA7 1	103%	36	358
WA7 2	143%	51	883
WA7 3	38%	13	61
WA7 4	77%	27	240
WA7 5	177%	63	632
WA7 6	189%	67	723
WA8 0	110%	39	241
WA8 6	183%	65	564
WA8 7	123%	44	514
WA8 8	110%	39	513
WA8 9	82%	29	203

Cheshire violent crime rate compared to other counties

Violent crime totalled 36.3k representing a decrease 2.6% year-over-year. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between May 2025 - April 2026 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.

-2.6% annual change, crime is declining

36.3k crimes reported