Postcode · Crewe
Crime in CW2 8NL
How much crime is recorded in CW2 8NL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wistaston Green
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,691 (2024)
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How safe is CW2 8NL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CW2 8NL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CW2 8NLNational
Violence and sexual offences30.023.6
Public order7.64.6
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Burglary3.99.1
Shoplifting3.78.4
Drugs3.12.4
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other theft2.14.5
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Other crime1.11.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.