Total Crime Rate

82.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 82.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 71.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Franklyn Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 293rd 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 Franklyn Avenue (CW2 7NF) in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Franklyn Avenue (CW2 7NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alton Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buchan Grove (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Franklyn Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alton Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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