Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 47.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellington Place area has the 36th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 407th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Place (CH1 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Place (CH1 3HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 524 crimes here, including 208 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/106)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Queens Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Queens Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Queens Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Black Diamond Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Diamond Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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