Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coleridge Way area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 146th 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 Coleridge Way (CW1 5JX) in the last 12 months was 11.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Way (CW1 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buxton Avenue, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chestnut Grove (20 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 | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buxton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilding Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chestnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lea Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oak Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birch Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drayton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conrad Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
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