Total Crime Rate
113.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Delamere Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 189th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Delamere Street (CW1 2JX) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Delamere Street (CW1 2JX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crewe Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mavor Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mavor Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newdigate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hightown | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hightown | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beech Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beech Street West | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gatefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newdigate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Duke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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