Photo: Peter Styles · CC BY-SA 2.0Violence recorded in Shavington is down 36% in a year, while towns its size held steady
Year on year, 23.2 violent and sexual offences and 6.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents. It has less crime per resident than 58% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Shavington’s Safety Grade, B (#26 of 46 in Cheshire), rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: close to the middle of UK towns.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Shavington
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 36% less violent crime per resident in Shavington than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Shavington has the 352nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Porthleven, Papworth Everard and Wollaston, higher than Lanchester, Fulbourn and Kingsbury. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Shavington’s B
A fairly firm grade. Built on 449 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Shavington against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Shavington 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 -36% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -29% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -4% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -48% (towns its size +0%).
How Shavington’s neighbourhoods rank in England
35% 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.
Shavington’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Shavington runs highest on drugs (2.2 per 1,000 against 1), shoplifting (3.4 per 1,000 against 1.8) and other crime (2.4 per 1,000 against 1.5). Criminal damage & arson and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 86 | 17.3 | 22.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 25 | 5 | 3.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 21 | 4.2 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 17 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 15 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 12 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 11 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 10 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Robbery | Violent | 2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 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.
Police in Shavington identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 61% of Shavington’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 9% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (58% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 14% of violent and 12% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 151 crimes.
Towns its size: Shavington comes 352nd of 823
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Disley Cheshire | 3,891 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 3.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 116 | Haslington Cheshire | 5,042 | 17.1 | 4 | 4.6 | A− |
| 117 | Tarporley Cheshire | 3,212 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 142 | Culcheth Cheshire | 6,722 | 17.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 349 | Lanchester County Durham | 3,510 | 19.6 | 10.5 | 5.5 | B |
| 350 | Fulbourn Cambridgeshire | 3,737 | 19.1 | 11 | 3.2 | B |
| 351 | Kingsbury Warwickshire | 3,555 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 2.3 | B |
| 352 | Shavington Cheshire | 4,972 | 23.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | B |
| 353 | Elsenham Essex | 3,414 | 20.5 | 9.7 | 5.2 | B |
| 354 | Finningley South Yorkshire | 5,919 | 20.8 | 9.5 | 5.5 | B |
| 355 | Chudleigh Devon | 4,372 | 22.9 | 7.4 | 4.4 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 823 | 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 Shavington, and others in Cheshire.
Crime in Shavington 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Shavington’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 19 collisions with injuries inside Shavington in five years. 4 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, and Shavington is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Shavington’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Shavington had 4.
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 Shavington’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Shavington
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shavington | 4,972 | 23.2 | 6.9 | B |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 21.2 | 5.3 | B+ |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 51.3 | 14.3 | D |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 39.5 | 8.8 | C− |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 17.1 | 4 | A− |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 18 | 4.1 | A− |
| Wheelock | 2,155 | 29.7 | 5.7 | C+ |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 16 | 8 | B+ |
Shavington records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Willaston (Cheshire East), 1.4 miles away, records 21.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Shavington’s 23.2.
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 Shavington 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 Shavington
Is Shavington safe?
Police recorded 23.2 violent and sexual offences and 6.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Shavington’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 56% of UK towns. Among 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Shavington is 352nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Shavington?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 36%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 29%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour fell 48%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Shavington?
Violence & sexual offences: 86 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (25) and shoplifting (17), with 21 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Shavington compare with Crewe?
Crewe records 51.3 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Shavington’s 23.2 and 6.9, 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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