Total Crime Rate

136.9 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 136.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Graham Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 127th 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 Graham Road (CH1 5LQ) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Graham Road (CH1 5LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Downham Place. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Graham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Fisher Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleaver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleaver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cotes Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Downham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Downham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotes Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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