Total Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlewich Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 507th highest 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 Middlewich Street (CW1 4DA) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlewich Street (CW1 4DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Place (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Audley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stamp Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stamp Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Audley Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Audley Street West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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