Total Crime Rate

63.2 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 63.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • 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
  • 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

Drayton Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 412th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Drayton Crescent (CW1 5YH) in the last 12 months was 63.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% 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 8 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 ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drayton Crescent (CW1 5YH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Avenue, where police recorded 17 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 Drayton Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Oak Tree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drayton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drayton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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