Total Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ford Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 589th lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ford Lane (CW1 3TN) in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ford Lane (CW1 3TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roebuck Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ford Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mclaren Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Golding Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roebuck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roebuck Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roebuck Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roebuck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golding Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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