Total Crime Rate

156.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 156.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ruskin Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 111th highest crime rate of 1,268 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 Ruskin Road (CW2 7JS) in the last 12 months was 156.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher than the Crewe South average (127.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruskin Road (CW2 7JS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ruskin Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Derrington Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Brooklyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brooklyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Owen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stalbridge Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stalbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stalbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stalbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westminster Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nantwich Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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