Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 545th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% 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 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edleston Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crewe South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Electricity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stalbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derrington Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brooklyn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nantwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwin Street | 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 | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brooklyn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklyn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broady Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Street | Under investigation |
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