Total Crime Rate

166.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

127.7 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 166.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 127.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Bolesworth Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 96th highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Bolesworth Road (CH2 1SD) in the last 12 months was 166.0 per 1,000 residents and was 213.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolesworth Road (CH2 1SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckforton Way, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunham Way (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bolesworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tintern Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Plas Newton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pear Tree Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dunham Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Shipbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shipbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shipbrook Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shipbrook Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shipbrook Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Tiverton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coniston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coniston Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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