Total Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kettell Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 488th lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kettell Avenue (CW1 3NL) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kettell Avenue (CW1 3NL), the main crime hotspot is near Monks Lane. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monks Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Monks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kettell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mcneill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frank Webb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Timbrell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashbank Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashbank Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bowen Cooke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowen Cooke Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joseph Reddrop Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbank Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joseph Reddrop Way | — |
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