Total Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plas Newton Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 367th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plas Newton Lane (CH2 1PD) in the last 12 months was 64.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Newton & Hoole average (53.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plas Newton Lane (CH2 1PD), the main crime hotspot is near Dunham Way. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dunham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tiverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plas Newton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tintern Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolesworth Road | Under investigation |
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