Crime Rate in Chester City & the Garden Quarter, ward

Chester City & the Garden Quarter has the highest crime rate of 45 wards in Cheshire West and Chester district and the 211th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 24th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Chester City & the Garden Quarter in the last 12 months was 226.7 per 1,000 residents and was 212.7% higher than the Cheshire West and Chester district average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Chester City & the Garden Quarter’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,724 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 25 cases , down -26.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 27.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -43.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,336 (≈ 123.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Chester City & the Garden Quarter ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 548 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (234 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.