Total Crime Rate

121.7 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 121.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Crescent Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Congleton East , and the 167th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crescent Road (CW12 4BG) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% higher than the Congleton East average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 466.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Road (CW12 4BG), the main crime hotspot is near Swan Bank. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crescent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banks Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swan Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Bank —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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