Total Crime Rate

192.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 192.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.3 7/10
  • Public order 17.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.1 6/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

West Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,268 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 West Street (CW1 3HR) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 112.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (CW1 3HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Partridge Close (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goddard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Walker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goddard Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Monk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lincoln Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ramsbottom Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ramsbottom Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsbottom Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vernon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Field Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Field Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidings Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidings Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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