Total Crime Rate

176.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 176.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 108.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Public order 19.0 9/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Brook 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 Brook Street (CW2 7DE) 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 Brook Street (CW2 7DE), the main crime hotspot is near Eaton Street. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Brook Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Union Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sandon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sandon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Sandon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandon Street
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lockitt Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prince Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.