Crime Rate in Great Boughton, ward

Great Boughton has the 10th lowest crime rate of 45 wards in Cheshire West and Chester district and the 870th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 247th lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Boughton in the last 12 months was 31.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Cheshire West and Chester district average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Boughton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 166 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 220 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Boughton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 60 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around A5115 (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.