Crime in Cheshire has dropped for the third year running, according to latest figures.
Statistics compiled by Cheshire Police suggest crime decreased in the county by nearly 2% (-1.7%) in 2024-25 with 77,791 crimes recorded in the past 12 months, compared to 79,152 in 2023-2024.
Cheshire was one of just eight police forces across England and Wales to see a reduction in crime, latest figures show.
The Office for National Statistics showed a 3.9% reduction in overall crime in Cheshire in 2022-23 in contrast to the national average increase of 4.5%.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The number of public electric vehicle charging points in Cheshire East will need to double by 2025.
Government figures show there are currently just 153 publicly available charge points in the borough.
In 2021, ONS figures showed that 113,505 divorces were granted in England and Wales – an increase of 9.6% compared to 2020.
Census data released in 2023 also found that around half of all marriages will end in divorce.
Shocking RSPCA figures show an alarming 17% rise in intentional cruelty against animals in Cheshire compared to 2021.
A total of 238 reports were received in Cheshire last year, the charity revealed, compared to 202 in 2021.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Footfall in the ‘half demolished’ Crewe has increased by 36% but fallen by 5% in Knutsford, according to latest Cheshire East figures.
Figures show Crewe has increased footfall more than any other town, with Nantwich second with an increase of 26%.
Thirty-six people have died from COVID-19 virus at Leighton Hospital, latest Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust figures today show.
Almost 11,000 people in Cheshire East are receiving personalised Universal Credit support, latest figures show.
The 10,977 in Cheshire East are among 339,000 across the North West in receipt of the credit, which also includes 13,663 from Cheshire West and Chester.
The number of people in Cheshire seeking help to stop looking at sexual images of children online has more than doubled in just six months, latest figures have shown.
In the six months between July 2017 and January 2018, 163 people in the county contacted Stop it Now!, the child sexual abuse prevention project run by child protection charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.
Crime in Cheshire has risen by more than 32% – a staggering 21,593 offences – according to Office of National Statistics figures
The latest figures released today compares crime recorded between April 2016 and March 2017 with April 2017 and March 2018.
Recorded crime in Cheshire has spiralled by more than 36% in just 12 months, official figures show today.
The Office of National Statistics shows the county saw a 36.4% increase in overall recorded crime between December 2016 and December 2017.
Violent crime in Cheshire has risen by 18%, according to latest figures.
The Office of National Statistics says recorded crimes in Cheshire has increased in the past 12 months by 0.1%, the equivalent of 72 crimes.
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