Total Crime Rate

351.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 351.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.1 10/10
  • Public order 59.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Drugs 26.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.6 7/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gatefield Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gatefield Street (CW1 2JP) in the last 12 months was 351.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% higher than the Crewe Central average (272.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 205.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gatefield Street (CW1 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newdigate Street, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gatefield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newdigate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blount Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blount Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vere Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blount Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chetwode Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chetwode Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beech Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mavor Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mavor Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newdigate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blount Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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