Total Crime Rate
242.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crewe Road area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Sandbach Elworth , and the 60th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Crewe Road (CW11 4NE) in the last 12 months was 242.5 per 1,000 residents and was 476.0% higher than the Sandbach Elworth average (42.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crewe Road (CW11 4NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Firth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnymill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flat Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flat Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Platt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flat Lane | Under investigation |
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