Total Crime Rate

125.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Upton Grange area has the 21st highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 146th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Upton Grange (CH2 1BG) in the last 12 months was 125.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% lower than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (226.7 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 Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 173.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upton Grange (CH2 1BG), the main crime hotspot is near Caldecott Close. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upton Grange area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldecott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sydney Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gerard Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gerard Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gerard Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gerard Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldecott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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