Total Crime Rate
375.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 23rd 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 Queens Road (CH1 3BB) in the last 12 months was 375.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% higher than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (230.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 162.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (CH1 3BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shot Tower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shot Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shot Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shot Tower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shot Tower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dee Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dee Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharton Court | Under investigation |
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