Crime Rates at Volunteer Street, Chester, CH1 1RG

Volunteer Street 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 Volunteer Street (CH1 1RG) 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 Volunteer Street (CH1 1RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 524 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.