Crime Rates at St John Street, Chester, CH1 1DA

St John Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around St John Street (CH1 1DA) in the last 12 months was 1773.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1471.7% higher than the Blacon average (112.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 402 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 552 (≈ 991.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St John Street (CH1 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 546 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (233 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.