Total Crime Rate

94.5 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 94.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.4 7/10
  • Burglary 15.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Rigg Street area has the 49th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 248th 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 Rigg Street (CW1 3EB) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rigg Street (CW1 3EB), the main crime hotspot is near Orchard Street. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rigg Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Richard Moon Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Roebuck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Street Local resolution
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 2025Drugs Richard Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard 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 Browning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hightown
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rose Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Walker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ramsbottom Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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