Total Crime Rate

132.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 104.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.5 10/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upton Grange area has the 16th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 139th 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 Upton Grange (CH2 1BG) in the last 12 months was 132.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% lower than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (230.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 104.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upton Grange (CH2 1BG), the main crime hotspot is near Caldecott Close. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 23 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 (5/5)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lockwood View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerard Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerard Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerard Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caldecott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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