Total Crime Rate
92.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adelaide Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Blacon , and the 238th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Adelaide Road (CH1 5SY) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adelaide Road (CH1 5SY), the main crime hotspot is near Nevin Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blacon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnant Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyd Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lloyd Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyserth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Close | Under investigation |
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