Total Crime Rate

205.0 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 205.0 9/10
  • Drugs 67.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Public order 25.1 10/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Milton Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 58th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milton Street (CH1 3NF) in the last 12 months was 205.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% 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 Drugs with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Street (CH1 3NF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 546 crimes here, including 230 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Milton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesham Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Chesham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chesham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Side Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Back Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samuel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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