Total Crime Rate
1773.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Court 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 Kings Court (CH1 2AY) 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 Kings Court (CH1 2AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Delamere Street, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blacon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linen Hall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firemans Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Weaver Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grey Friars | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grey Friars | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linen Hall Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pemberton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Delamere Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Delamere Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Abbey Gateway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedward Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Firemans Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Northgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watergate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Street | Under investigation |
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