Total Crime Rate

146.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 146.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Brook Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 111th 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 Brook Street (CH1 3DX) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brook Street (CH1 3DX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brook Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Bus Interchange
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Bus Interchange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Bus Interchange Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chester Bus Interchange Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henry Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bold Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Car Street
Sep 2025Robbery Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bold Square Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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