I just happened to have cleaned an old US A & M standard issue, probably not a first press, but I'll have to check the deadwax. Never really listened to this band much back in the day. Have one of those 'audiophile' versions of 'Breakfast,' remember it sounded bright to my ears when I played it a few years ago.
My experience with an old UHQR (and I think that there were different masterings of these in the case of Crime, according ot the Hoffman site), was that it was beautifully made, at least on the Tea/Tillerman i had, was quiet and tracked well, but lacked the 'life' of the original UK pressing- the pink label is noisy, and the pink rim, while quieter, sounds a little more at a 'remove' and 'reproduced.' Whether you can extrapolate that to Crime is questionable- my experience with a lot of old MoFi (and even with the Classic Records) is that some sound too fiddled with- bumped up bass and high frequencies, perhaps to compensate for tape age, I dunno. That certainly didn't stop me from buying dozens of MoFi's back in the day (or Classic Records when they first came out) , some of which I still listen to on occasion, e.g. the MoFi Rickie Lee Jones first album. But, sometimes the quest for the perfect pressing proves pretty frustrating and it may just come down to issues with the original recording, leaving surface noise aside. (I also think some records, perhaps given the way they are mastered, tend to be noisier, not sure that has to do with the 'quality' of the vinyl itself).
Apparently, the 'go to' copy for a lot of folks who have heard any number of pressings of Crime is the Speakers Corner, but that's based largely on all the comments in Hoffman, not based on my own experience. What is worth looking at over there is, I think, a thread or two where the engineer comments on the record. That's always interesting.