Dear Editor,
In Crewe SW and Wistaston, over a period of three years (6/2019-5/2022), Cheshire Police failed to solve a single burglary.
The best performance locally was Nantwich SW, but even there 60 of the 70 burglaries went unsolved.
Cheshire has seen a large increase in the number of reported sex offences, latest crime statistics reveal.
But at the same time, the county has seen a drop in burglaries, drug offences and murders.
Detectives investigating two burglaries at commercial premises in South Cheshire have charged a man in relation to the incidents.
Michael Williams, of Masefield Mews, Wolverhampton, was arrested on Saturday October 9.
Detectives warned Nantwich residents today after saying two house burglaries in the town within hours of each other are linked.
The first happened on Birchin Lane while the householders were still asleep upstairs.
Detectives say four burglaries in the Crewe are linked and need help from public to trace the offenders.
Houses in Walthall Street, Lord Street, Bedford Street and Gresty Terrace were burgled between Sunday January 27 and Tuesday January 29.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with five burglaries carried out in Nantwich and nearby villages in a 12-day period.
John Boy McDonagh from Charnock Place, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent, was charged following an investigation by Crewe detectives.
Police are warning residents in rural areas of Nantwich after 10 reported burglaries in the past month.
Offenders have targeted a number of areas, with repeat offences happening in Wrenbury and Burleydam.
A Nantwich man has been charged with five burglaries at houses in the Crewe and Nantwich area.
Jamie Lyons, 34, of James Hall Street, Nantwich, was charged with five counts in connection with alleged break-ins between November 7 and 19.
Police are probing two house burglaries which happened on Audlem Road in Nantwich.
Officers received two separate reports of break-ins in the early hours of the morning yesterday (November 8).
Three people including a Nantwich woman have been arrested and charged with a string of burglaries committed across South Cheshire.
Officers charged the trio for the incidents in Crewe and Cranage, which took place separately last week.
A woman has been charged in connection with burglaries at homes of elderly people in Nantwich, Crewe and Alsager areas.
Tracey Skelton, 50, of Halton Drive, Crewe, has been charged with nine counts of burglary.
Residents in Nantwich are being warned to remain vigilant after a large number of distraction burglaries across South Cheshire.
Police say a number of distraction burglaries involving men attempting to sell artwork have so far been reported in the Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, and Cranage areas of the county.
Criminals are targeting South Cheshire pubs after a spate of burglaries, including one in Tarporley.
A licensed premises on Tarporley Road was broken into in the early hours of Sunday September 6
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