Crime Rates at Rhuddlan Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5QW

Rhuddlan Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Blacon , and the 46th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rhuddlan Road (CH1 5QW) in the last 12 months was 252.5 per 1,000 residents and was 123.8% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 212.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rhuddlan Road (CH1 5QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nevin Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carmel Close (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.