Crime Rates at Gawer Park, Chester, CH1 4EA

Gawer Park area has the highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gawer Park (CH1 4EA) in the last 12 months was 1566.3 per 1,000 residents and was 579.5% higher 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 328 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 398 (≈ 1288.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gawer Park (CH1 4EA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 459 crimes here, including 382 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.