Crime Rates at Alton Street, Crewe, CW2 7RX

Alton Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crewe Central , and the 55th highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alton Street (CW2 7RX) in the last 12 months was 250.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the Crewe Central average (295.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alton Street (CW2 7RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park/Open Space, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowen Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.