Crime Rate in Central & Grange, ward

Central & Grange has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 wards in Cheshire West and Chester district and the 967th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 90th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Central & Grange in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% higher than the Cheshire West and Chester district average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Central & Grange’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 957 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 9 cases , down -10.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,247 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Central & Grange ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 92 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Beechfield Road (54 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.