Total Crime Rate
176.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 90th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Mill Street (CW2 7AX) in the last 12 months was 176.2 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 108.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Street (CW2 7AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eaton Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sandon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lockitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crewe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Crewe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lockitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
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