Crime Rate in Blacon, ward

Blacon has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 wards in Cheshire West and Chester district and the 1331st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 127th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Blacon in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% higher than the Cheshire West and Chester district average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Blacon’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 716 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 934 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Blacon ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 125 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sports/Recreation Area (57 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.