Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Cheadle than in 82% of UK towns
Police recorded 19 cases of possession of weapons in Cheadle in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 1.7 per 1,000 against a typical 0.7. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area over the years September 2023 to August 2026: #35 of 46 in Staffordshire. Violence recorded locally climbed 8% in a year. Out of every 1,000 residents, 38.2 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Cheadle
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 8% more violent crime per resident in Cheadle than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 8% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 393 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people, Cheadle has the 267th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wetherby, Wellington and Tonyrefail, higher than Wells, Caldicot and Ulverston. 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. 41% of Cheadle’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Cheadle’s C− for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,670 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Cheadle against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A third of Cheadle residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
53% 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.
Cheadle’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.
Police in Cheadle identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 53% of Cheadle’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 6% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (73% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% of violent and 8% 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. 551 crimes.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Cheadle runs highest on possession of weapons (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), other theft (5.9 per 1,000 against 4.4) and public order (6.8 per 1,000 against 5.4). Shoplifting and drugs sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 427 | 37.4 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 151 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 77 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 74 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 67 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 44 | 3.9 | 6.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 31 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 24 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 22 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 19 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Drugs | not graded | 12 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Robbery | Violent | 8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Cheadle is 267th of 393 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 73 | Perton Staffordshire | 9,302 | 24.1 | 6.1 | 4.2 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Codsall Staffordshire | 11,867 | 21.8 | 8.7 | 9.7 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 107 | Wombourne Staffordshire | 12,810 | 22.4 | 10.2 | 7.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 160 | Penkridge Staffordshire | 8,364 | 27.5 | 9.8 | 6.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 264 | Wells Somerset | 12,097 | 37.3 | 11.5 | 17.6 | C− |
| 265 | Caldicot Gwent | 9,813 | 34.8 | 14.1 | 9.8 | C− |
| 266 | Ulverston Cumbria | 11,219 | 37.3 | 11.5 | 8.6 | C− |
| 267 | Cheadle Staffordshire | 11,403 | 38.2 | 10.6 | 7.2 | C− |
| 268 | Kirkham Lancashire | 8,939 | 35.3 | 13.7 | 6.2 | C− |
| 269 | Bordon Hampshire | 9,349 | 36.4 | 12.8 | 12.1 | C− |
| 270 | Rothwell Northamptonshire | 8,623 | 37 | 12.4 | 6.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 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 Cheadle, and others in Staffordshire.
Crime in Cheadle 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 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Cheadle has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 +8% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +8% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +71% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +30% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East and Cheadle West
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle North East | 3,401 | 36.4 | 7.3 | |
| Cheadle South East | 3,202 | 37.3 | 9.9 | |
| Cheadle West | 4,800 | 38.8 | 13 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopping areas | 97 | 69% violent |
| Supermarkets | 83 | 34% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 39 | 49% violent |
| Car parks | 26 | 35% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Cheadle. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Cheadle’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on Cheadle’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 28 collisions with injuries inside Cheadle in five years. 8 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cheadle’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cheadle’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Cheadle’s size at the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people would see about 14 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Cheadle had 8.
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 Cheadle’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Cheadle
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | 11,403 | 38.2 | 10.6 | C− |
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 16.5 | 9.4 | B+ |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 6,798 | 31.3 | 10.3 | C |
| Werrington | 6,012 | 31.5 | 7.4 | C+ |
| Cheddleton | 4,027 | 14.2 | 3.2 | A |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 35 | 11.1 | C |
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | 33.1 | 8.9 | C |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 260,560 | 55.1 | 23.4 | D− |
Cheadle records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Stoke-on-Trent records more. Upper Tean, 2.1 miles away, records 16.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Cheadle’s 38.2.
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 Cheadle 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 Cheadle
Is Cheadle safe?
Police recorded 38.2 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Cheadle’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 23% of UK towns. Among 393 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people, Cheadle is 267th from the least crime. 41% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Cheadle?
By council ward, Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East and Cheadle West record the least violent and household crime per resident: 36.4, 37.3 and 38.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 38.8 in Cheadle West.
Is crime going up in Cheadle?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 8%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 8%, shoplifting and theft rose 71% and anti-social behaviour rose 30%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Cheadle?
Violence & sexual offences: 427 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (77) and criminal damage & arson (74), with 151 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Cheadle compare with Stoke-on-Trent?
Stoke-on-Trent records 55.1 violent and sexual offences and 23.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Cheadle’s 38.2 and 10.6, 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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