Total Crime Rate

48.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 48.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 27.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
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Crime overview

Main 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.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Nantwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Myrtle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Edleston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lawton Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lawton Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Electricity Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stalbridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derrington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nantwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derrington Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derrington Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derrington Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derrington Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edleston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Derrington Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Brooklyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nantwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Furnival Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furnival Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Brooklyn Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooklyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broady Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Owen Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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