Total Crime Rate

1000.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

562.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1000.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 562.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 416.1 10/10
  • Public order 136.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.9 10/10
  • Drugs 73.4 10/10
  • Other theft 59.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.5 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bridge Place 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 Place (CH1 1SA) 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 Place (CH1 1SA), the main crime hotspot is near Lumley Place. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bridge Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pepper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edgar Cottages —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mill Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Albion Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Castle Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lumley Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Lumley Place Local resolution
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Data Sources

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