Total Crime Rate
95.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leaside Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Blacon , and the 224th highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Leaside Road (CH1 5EW) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower than the Blacon average (118.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leaside Road (CH1 5EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burton Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pulford Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blacon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naomi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harthill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pulford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pulford Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naomi Close | Under investigation |
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