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Crime in CW2 5UP
How much crime is recorded in CW2 5UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Willaston & Shavington
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,558 (2024)
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How safe is CW2 5UP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CW2 5UP 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
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
CW2 5UPNational
Violence and sexual offences15.723.6
Public order3.04.6
Burglary2.99.1
Other theft2.44.5
Anti-social behaviour2.210.7
Drugs1.92.4
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Other crime1.11.5
Shoplifting0.98.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Robbery0.21.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.