Total Crime Rate
23.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shrewbridge Crescent area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Nantwich North and West , and the 369th lowest 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 Shrewbridge Crescent (CW5 5TF) in the last 12 months was 23.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% lower than the Nantwich North and West average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shrewbridge Crescent (CW5 5TF), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Street. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bowers Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowers Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pall Mall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nantwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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