Total Crime Rate
84.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bright 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 Bright Street (CW1 3AQ) 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 Bright Street (CW1 3AQ), 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.
View Crime In Crewe Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Dewes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blount Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigg Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blount Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dunwoody Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blount Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roebuck Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Roebuck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Walker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blount Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richard Moon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
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