Postcode · Congleton
Crime in CW12 2LA
How much crime is recorded in CW12 2LA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cranage & Goostrey
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,641 (2024)
CW12 2LACongleton
How safe is CW12 2LA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CW12 2LA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CW12 2LANational
Violence and sexual offences14.523.6
Burglary7.19.1
Public order3.24.6
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Drugs0.42.4
Other crime0.41.5
Other theft0.44.5
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Vehicle crime0.03.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 1987% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.