Total Crime Rate

45.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 45.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Handbridge Square area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 515th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Handbridge Square (CH1 4GR) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Handbridge Square (CH1 4GR), the main crime hotspot is near Old Port Square. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Handbridge Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Old Port Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Lorne Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pemberton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambrian Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walls Avenue —
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Data Sources

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