Crime and Safety in Poynton-with-Worth
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Poynton-with-Worth is among the top 10 safest small towns in Cheshire, and is the 125th safest overall out of Cheshire's 321 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Poynton-with-Worth in 2026 is 34 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Cheshire's overall crime rate, coming in 41% lower than the Cheshire rate of 57 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Poynton-with-Worth is the 80th safest small town, and the 3,944th safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Poynton-with-Worth was the worst small town in Cheshire for burglary, with 4 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.27 per 1,000 daytime population. February 2024 was also a bad month for Poynton-with-Worth residents, when it was Cheshire's most dangerous small town for drugs, recording 4 crimes at a rate of 0.27 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Poynton-with-Worth are violence and sexual offences, with 221 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 15. This is 7% lower than 2025's figure of 238 offences and a difference of 1.14 from 2025's crime rate of 16. Poynton-with-Worth's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Poynton-with-Worth 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Safest
Small Towns, Cheshire
22% lower, regional crime rate
North West
53% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Poynton-with-Worth is 22% lower than the North West and 53% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Poynton-with-Worth Crime Rate Over Time
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Poynton-with-Worth Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Poynton-with-Worth represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Poynton-with-Worth's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Poynton-with-Worth up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Poynton-with-Worth's 322 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Poynton-with-Worth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Poynton-with-Worth has a crime risk score of 256. This is based on analysis of 322 nearby areas within Poynton-with-Worth, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Poynton-with-Worth's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Poynton-with-Worth, crime risk scores are typically around 256, while in Cheshire they are average 486.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 238 (475 for Cheshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 204 (Cheshire 477).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Poynton-with-Worth's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Poynton-with-Worth's crime risk score is down by 3.7%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The risk score trend over the last year has not shown any statistically meaningful movement up or down.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Poynton-with-Worth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 5.60 reports per 1,000 people in Poynton-with-Worth, which is 0.79 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 84 crime reports logged by Cheshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Cheshire Police recorded 59 reports of Public Order in Poynton-with-Worth, resulting in a crime rate of 3.95 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.68.
The crime rate for Burglary is 0.58 times the national average at 1.68 reports per 1,000. This is from 25 crime reports reported to Cheshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.27 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.42 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 36% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.28 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 186% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.24 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Poynton-with-Worth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Poynton-with-Worth | Cheshire | North West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 62 | 4.14 | 0.32 | 7,389 | 5.65 | 0.40 | 68,604 | 7.93 | 0.56 |
| Bicycle Theft | 4 | 0.28 | 1.04 | 625 | 0.47 | 0.64 | 2,963 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
| Burglary | 25 | 1.68 | 0.58 | 2,485 | 1.90 | 0.61 | 13,151 | 1.50 | 0.48 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 36 | 2.41 | 0.41 | 5,329 | 4.07 | 0.65 | 34,232 | 3.94 | 0.63 |
| Drugs | 13 | 0.88 | 0.35 | 3,853 | 2.94 | 0.95 | 23,463 | 2.70 | 0.87 |
| Other Crime | 18 | 1.21 | 0.79 | 1,989 | 1.52 | 0.82 | 11,008 | 1.28 | 0.69 |
| Other Theft | 24 | 1.61 | 0.31 | 4,753 | 3.62 | 0.64 | 24,256 | 2.79 | 0.49 |
| Possession of Weapons | - | - | - | 829 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 4,543 | 0.53 | 0.62 |
| Public Order | 59 | 3.95 | 0.68 | 9,119 | 6.98 | 1.20 | 36,702 | 4.23 | 0.73 |
| Robbery | - | - | - | 458 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 3,301 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Shoplifting | 84 | 5.60 | 0.79 | 5,365 | 4.10 | 0.58 | 27,614 | 3.18 | 0.45 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 264 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 1,948 | 0.23 | 0.15 |
| Vehicle Crime | 19 | 1.27 | 0.39 | 2,191 | 1.67 | 0.39 | 14,353 | 1.67 | 0.39 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 221 | 14.73 | 0.48 | 37,331 | 28.56 | 0.94 | 178,380 | 20.58 | 0.68 |
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Total Crime by Year
Poynton-with-Worth | Cheshire | North West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 503 | 33.62 | 0.52 | 74,591 | 57.03 | 0.79 | 375,914 | 43.36 | 0.60 |
| 2025 | 483 | 32.48 | 0.49 | 75,689 | 58.27 | 0.79 | 373,106 | 43.34 | 0.59 |
| 2024 | 425 | 28.92 | 0.45 | 76,482 | 59.44 | 0.79 | 380,165 | 44.52 | 0.59 |
| 2023 | 514 | 35.41 | 0.50 | 85,426 | 67.07 | 0.85 | 418,544 | 49.63 | 0.63 |
| 2022 | 402 | 28.14 | 0.42 | 75,838 | 60.39 | 0.79 | 410,255 | 49.27 | 0.64 |
| 2021 | 455 | 32.30 | 0.53 | 77,168 | 62.01 | 0.90 | 363,499 | 44.00 | 0.64 |
| 2020 | 552 | 39.32 | 0.60 | 84,160 | 68.11 | 0.92 | 388,434 | 47.29 | 0.64 |
| 2019 | 424 | 30.24 | 0.45 | 80,803 | 65.69 | 0.86 | 412,412 | 50.39 | 0.66 |
| 2018 | 424 | 30.07 | 0.49 | 81,117 | 66.34 | 0.93 | 361,592 | 44.45 | 0.63 |
| 2017 | 346 | 24.35 | 0.43 | 62,384 | 51.37 | 0.80 | 303,042 | 37.41 | 0.59 |
| 2016 | 125 | 8.80 | 0.51 | 15,857 | 13.13 | 0.69 | 87,310 | 10.80 | 0.57 |
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Poynton-with-Worth Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upton-by-Chester | 443 | 48.53 | 44% more dangerous |
| Burtonwood and Westbrook | 695 | 52.98 | 58% more dangerous |
| Wistaston | 386 | 43.43 | 29% more dangerous |
| Frodsham | 443 | 44.06 | 31% more dangerous |
| Alsager | 712 | 44.56 | 33% more dangerous |
| Culcheth and Glazebury | 324 | 38.88 | 16% more dangerous |
| Sandbach | 1,161 | 46.06 | 37% more dangerous |
| Poulton-with-Fearnhead | 855 | 42.87 | 28% more dangerous |
| Neston | 632 | 39.22 | 17% more dangerous |
| Appleton | 324 | 29.51 | 12% safer |
| Lymm | 456 | 33.34 | 0.83% safer |
| Penketh | 206 | 25.20 | 25% safer |
| Poynton-with-Worth | 503 | 33.62 | - |
| Great Boughton | 218 | 26.20 | 22% safer |
| Knutsford | 591 | 31.57 | 6% safer |
| Bollington | 238 | 23.54 | 30% safer |
| Grappenhall and Thelwall | 263 | 25.09 | 25% safer |
| Birchwood | 645 | 23.75 | 29% safer |
Comparing Poynton-with-Worth to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Poynton-with-Worth | 33.62 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 137% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 146% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 150% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 191% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 211% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 212% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 217% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 219% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 220% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 272% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Poynton-with-Worth's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Poynton-with-Worth that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Poynton Park | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Poynton Sports Club | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Recreation Ground Allotments and Access Road | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Recent Crimes in Poynton-with-Worth
The 20 most recent crime reports in Poynton-with-Worth.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Brookfield Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Anson Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Parking Area | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Weller Close | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Gawsworth Close | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Buckingham Road | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Pickwick Road | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Clumber Close | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Shrigley Road North | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Clumber Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Clumber Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Worth Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Weller Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Weller Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Middlewood Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Copperfield Road |
Methodology & Data Sources
Poynton-with-Worth Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Poynton-with-Worth during July 2026 will typically become available in September 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Poynton-with-Worth Data Points
For Poynton-with-Worth, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2011 release of their Parishes dataset, using the PAR11CD column value E04010995.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Poynton-with-Worth's daytime - or "workday" - population of 11,430 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Poynton-with-Worth