Total Crime Rate
9.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plane Tree Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 102nd lowest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plane Tree Drive (CW1 4ET) in the last 12 months was 9.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.8% lower than the Crewe Central average (295.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plane Tree Drive (CW1 4ET), the main crime hotspot is near Plane Tree Drive. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pyrus Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plane Tree Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plane Tree Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plane Tree Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maw Green Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorbus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorbus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorbus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorbus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prunus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorbus Drive | Under investigation |
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