Total Crime Rate
94.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth Street (CW1 3EF) 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 Elizabeth Street (CW1 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Oxford Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 35 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 | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chell Street | — |
| 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 | Oxford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richard Moon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richard Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richard Moon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rose Terrace | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Roebuck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ramsbottom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Local resolution |
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