Total Crime Rate

10.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 10.1 1/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Shakespeare Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Drive (CW1 5HX) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.9% lower than the Crewe East average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Drive (CW1 5HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Renaissance Court, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanier Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Renaissance Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Renaissance Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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