Total Crime Rate

87.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Barnabas 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.

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Crime Over Time in Barnabas Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mcneill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ashbank Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashbank Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ashbank Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mcneill Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary Mcneill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mcneill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbank Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcneill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcneill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcneill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbank Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowen Cooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foulkes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foulkes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darlington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monks Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nixon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nixon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nixon Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashbank Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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