Total Crime Rate

62.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Main Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 423rd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (CW2 7LS) in the last 12 months was 62.1 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (CW2 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edleston Road (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hammond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nantwich Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Brooklyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brooklyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Frances Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Furnival Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Furnival Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furnival Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walthall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walthall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lawton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Burglary Westminster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westminster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maxwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Derrington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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