Total Crime Rate

143.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 143.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

South View Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 116th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around South View Road (CH1 4JG) in the last 12 months was 143.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South View Road (CH1 4JG), 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 South View Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cambrian Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Old Port Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whipcord Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitchen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitchen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Walls Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kitchen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kitchen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South View Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kitchen Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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