Total Crime Rate

111.6 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 111.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Wheelman Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 196th 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 Wheelman Road (CW1 3QL) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 169.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheelman Road (CW1 3QL), the main crime hotspot is near Wheelman Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wheelman Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B5076 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Frank Bott Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Eadie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5076 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Skylark Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Linnett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eadie Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 24 of 24

Data Sources

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