New figures by the Office for National Statistics show Cheshire is one of the safest places across England and Wales.
They say there has been a 6.8% reduction in the number of recorded crimes, in contrast to the national average decrease of 0.9%.
A South Cheshire dog owner whose French bulldog was found in an emaciated condition has been banned from keeping animals for five years.
Claire Kirton, 46, of Coleridge Way, Crewe, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and appeared for sentencing at South Cheshire Magistrates’ Court.
Detectives have charged a 54-year-old man with a number of offences after he entered the home of an elderly woman in Shavington.
Cheshire Police say the charges relate to an incident which occurred on December 22.
A Nantwich man is among seven slaughterhouse workers found guilty and sentenced for animal welfare offences including causing avoidable pain, distress or suffering to animals.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Joseph Anthony Arden, 66, from Nantwich is one of the men guilty of offences committed at The Abbatoir in Huxley, near Chester.
Cheshire has the second lowest rate of knife crime in England and Wales, according to latest statistics.
The number of knife-related offences committed in the county decreased by 27.6% from the year ending in December 2019 to the year ending in December 2020.
A 60-year-old man from South Cheshire who sexually assaulted a young girl over a period of two years has been jailed.
Arthur Cooke, previously of Sandown Road in Crewe, committed the offences between 1999 and 2001.
More than 70 offences were recorded during a police operation targeting lorry drivers on Cheshire’s busy roads.
Dozens of “Traffic Offence Reports” were issued to drivers using motorways and main A roads across the county.
A Nantwich man has been charged in connection with drug and firearm offences, police said today.
Alexander Hewson, 28, of Weaver Road, has been charged with conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs.
Residents in South Cheshire are being warned to be vigilant following a 22% rise in fraud offences since lockdown began.
Cheshire Police are investigating a variety of fraud offences reported including online shopping scams, fraudulent emails, hoax text messages, cold callers and even fraudulent pet sales.
A Crewe man known locally as “Spider” has been handed a criminal behaviour order after being convicted of a string of offences.
Paul Whyte, of no fixed abode, was handed the three-year banning order at South Cheshire Magistrates Court, forbidding him from large areas of the town.
A man has been charged with drugs offences following a proactive drugs operation in Willaston, Nantwich, say Cheshire Police.
Lee Marr, 29, from Liverpool, was arrested at 2pm yesterday (July 31) after officers from Crewe Local Policing Unit stopped a taxi on Wistaston Road.
A number of drivers have been arrested on suspicion of drink and drug driving offences in Nantwich in the last 24 hours.
Police say four arrests were made for drink driving in the town – including one who tested FOUR and a HALF times over the legal limit.
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