Crime Rates at Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4AJ

Parkgate Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 572nd highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Parkgate Road (CH1 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkgate Road (CH1 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A540, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Countess Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.