Total Crime Rate

48.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 48.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Broad Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 541st highest crime rate of 1,268 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 Broad Street (CW1 3UB) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (CW1 3UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lime Street, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reid Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Broad Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reid Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Reid Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backlands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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