Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle 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

Gladstone Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 231st 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 Gladstone Road (CH1 4BY) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Blacon average (112.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladstone Road (CH1 4BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Granville Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gladstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South View Road
Sep 2025Other theft Whipcord Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambrian Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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