Total Crime Rate
2478.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1078.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earle Street area has the highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Earle Street (CW1 2AH) in the last 12 months was 2478.3 per 1,000 residents and was 738.0% higher than the Crewe Central average (295.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 187.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 397 (≈ 1078.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earle Street (CW1 2AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chestnut Grove (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manchester Bridge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manchester Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manchester Bridge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manchester Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystone Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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