Total Crime Rate

550.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 550.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 158.8 10/10
  • Drugs 145.3 10/10
  • Public order 71.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.1 10/10
  • Other theft 54.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Burglary 16.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 14th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Road (CH1 3BF) in the last 12 months was 550.7 per 1,000 residents and was 142.9% higher than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (226.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 233.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Road (CH1 3BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near City Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Chester City & the Garden Quarter

Crime Over Time in Queens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shot Tower Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime City Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beaconsfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shot Tower Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boughton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime City Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order City Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs City Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomkinson Street —
Sep 2025Public order Station View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomkinson Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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