Total Crime Rate

121.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 121.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sydney Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 171st highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sydney Road (CW1 5NF) in the last 12 months was 121.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 208.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sydney Road (CW1 5NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hurcomb Way, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drayton Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sydney Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drayton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hurcomb Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotspur Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drayton Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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