Total Crime Rate
169.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elizabeth Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 100th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Elizabeth Street (CW1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 169.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% lower than the Crewe Central average (295.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Street (CW1 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Oxford Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roebuck Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goddard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roebuck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Goddard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Goddard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goddard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goddard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goddard Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goddard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elizabeth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Preece Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roebuck Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roebuck Street | — |
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