Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Samuel Street area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 290th 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 Samuel Street (CW1 3AE) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Samuel Street (CW1 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Samuel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Roebuck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Beech Street West Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Beech Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Other theft Mavor Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mavor Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richard Moon Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Richard Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Richard Moon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richard Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bateman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Local resolution

Data Sources

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