Total Crime Rate
9.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Swinburne Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 103rd lowest 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 Swinburne Drive (CW1 5JE) in the last 12 months was 9.8 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swinburne Drive (CW1 5JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Bridge Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crewe East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hungerford Terrace | Under investigation |
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