Total Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shot Tower Close area has the 38th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 395th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shot Tower Close (CH1 3BT) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shot Tower Close (CH1 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Square, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Bars (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chester City & the Garden Quarter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beaconsfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | City Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leadworks Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bars | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boughton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canal Side | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canal Side | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canal Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crewe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crewe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shot Tower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shot Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bars | Awaiting court outcome |
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