Total Crime Rate
95.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Atholl Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 239th highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Atholl Avenue (CW2 6LF) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% lower than the Crewe South average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Atholl Avenue (CW2 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furnival Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madeley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broady Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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