Total Crime Rate
1000.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
562.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Street Row East area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Blacon , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Bridge Street Row East (CH1 1PP) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 741.3% higher than the Blacon average (118.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 119 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 106.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 161 (≈ 562.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street Row East (CH1 1PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 531 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (297 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chester City & the Garden Quarter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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