The Crackdown is the sixth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in August 1983 jointly through record labels Some Bizzare and Virgin.

The Crackdown was Cabaret Voltaire's first full studio album following founding member Chris Watson's departure, and their first release for Virgin Records via Some Bizzare.

This album marks a turning point in the band's discography, straddling their early experimental work with their later more conventional electronic dance-funk output.

AllMusic wrote that the album "features the band working a number of menacing electronic textures into a basic dance/funk rhythm".

Upon its release, the album was given a 8 out of 10 rating by Smash Hits reviewer Peter Martin who wrote that The Crackdown put the band's earlier experimental sound into practice: "Dense, hard-edged sequencer pulsebeats now swamp a strange strangled voice.