Total Crime Rate
528.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Herald Drive area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Crewe East , and the 9th 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 Herald Drive (CW1 6EA) in the last 12 months was 528.4 per 1,000 residents and was 484.9% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 200.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herald Drive (CW1 6EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herald Drive (26 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 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macon Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herald Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Herald Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macon Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macon Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macon Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stanhope Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ludlow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ludlow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ludlow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ludlow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresty Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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