Total Crime Rate

71.4 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 71.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Gresty Terrace area has the 7th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 349th highest crime rate of 1,268 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 Gresty Terrace (CW1 5EW) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Crewe East average (90.3 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresty Terrace (CW1 5EW), the main crime hotspot is near Manchester Bridge. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gresty Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Crescent
Sep 2025Burglary Stanhope Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Manchester Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manchester Bridge Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Surrey Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilding Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gresty Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manchester Bridge Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conrad Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order School Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Manchester Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall O'Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buxton Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lea Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lea Avenue Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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