Total Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arderne Avenue area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Crewe South , and the 350th 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 Arderne Avenue (CW2 8NS) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.6% lower than the Crewe South average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arderne Avenue (CW2 8NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyde Grove, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldersey Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flixton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldron Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanthorne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenham Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargrave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargrave Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargrave Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flixton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hargrave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanthorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hargrave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flixton Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wistaston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albion Street | Under investigation |
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