Total Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barnabas Avenue area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 275th 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 Barnabas Avenue (CW1 3NS) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 229.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnabas Avenue (CW1 3NS), the main crime hotspot is near Mcneill Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 33 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 | Other theft | Mcneill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashbank Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashbank Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashbank Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mcneill Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mcneill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mcneill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbank Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mcneill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mcneill Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mcneill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbank Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Cooke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foulkes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foulkes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nixon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nixon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nixon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashbank Place | Under investigation |
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