Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Christleton and Waverton records less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than three in four UK towns
Recorded violence rose 23% in a year. Out of every 1,000 residents, 19.6 violent and sexual offences and 6.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. The overall Safety Grade is B+ (#17 of 46 in Cheshire), which means less crime per resident than 66% of UK towns, judged on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Christleton and Waverton
About the middle for a town its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Christleton and Waverton has the 349th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wythall, Willington and Somersham, higher than Keele, Stoke Prior and Cannington. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 46% of Christleton and Waverton’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 23% more violent crime per resident in Christleton and Waverton than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Christleton and Waverton: B+ for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 210 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Christleton and Waverton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Most Christleton and Waverton residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
66% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Christleton and Waverton’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
How crime in Christleton and Waverton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +23% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -42% (towns its size -1%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Christleton and Waverton runs highest on public order (5.2 per 1,000 against 3.6) and other theft (3.7 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 54 | 20.2 | 22.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 14 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 9 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 5 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 5 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Christleton and Waverton per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 5 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Towns its size: Christleton and Waverton comes 349th of 856
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Pickmere Cheshire | 2,800 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) Cheshire | 2,472 | 9 | 2.7 | 2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Farndon Cheshire | 2,227 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Tarvin Cheshire | 2,744 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 346 | Keele Staffordshire | 2,607 | 17.4 | 8.8 | 5.1 | B+ |
| 347 | Stoke Prior Worcestershire | 2,226 | 19.9 | 6.3 | 4 | B+ |
| 348 | Cannington Somerset | 2,315 | 20.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 | B+ |
| 349 | Christleton and Waverton Cheshire | 2,670 | 19.6 | 6.6 | 3.4 | B+ |
| 350 | Felbridge Surrey | 2,031 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 2.6 | B+ |
| 351 | Great Horkesley Essex | 2,232 | 22 | 4.3 | 3.6 | B+ |
| 352 | Charfield Gloucestershire | 2,833 | 21 | 5.3 | 6.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Christleton and Waverton, and others in Cheshire.
One person died in collisions on Christleton and Waverton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 30 collisions with injuries inside Christleton and Waverton in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Christleton and Waverton’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Christleton and Waverton’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Christleton and Waverton had 7.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Christleton and Waverton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Christleton and Waverton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 19.6 | 6.6 | B+ |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 4.1 | 1.6 | A+ |
| Chester | 92,756 | 46.9 | 10.8 | D |
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | 10.7 | 1.8 | A+ |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 10.1 | 3.2 | A+ |
| Moston | 1,099 | 20.3 | 3.3 | B+ |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 15.2 | 3.3 | A |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 9.8 | 3.9 | A+ |
Christleton and Waverton records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Chester records more. Guilden Sutton, 1.8 miles away, records 4.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Christleton and Waverton’s 19.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Christleton and Waverton sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Christleton and Waverton
Is Christleton and Waverton safe?
Police recorded 19.6 violent and sexual offences and 6.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Christleton and Waverton’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 66% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Christleton and Waverton is 349th from the least crime. 46% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Christleton and Waverton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 23%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 42%, shoplifting and theft rose 100% and anti-social behaviour fell 17%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Christleton and Waverton?
Violence & sexual offences: 54 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (14) and other theft (10), with 5 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Christleton and Waverton compare with Chester?
Chester records 46.9 violent and sexual offences and 10.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Christleton and Waverton’s 19.6 and 6.6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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