Total Crime Rate

131.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hulme Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 146th 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 Hulme Street (CW1 3PB) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hulme Street (CW1 3PB), the main crime hotspot is near Fairburn Avenue. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hulme Street area

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

Data Sources

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