Total Crime Rate

61.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 6/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Cambrian Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 384th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambrian Road (CH1 4HT) in the last 12 months was 61.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Blacon average (112.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambrian Road (CH1 4HT), 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 Cambrian Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Old Port Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whipcord Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South View Road
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 2025Drugs Cambrian Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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