Crime Rates at Bolesworth Road, Chester, CH2 1SG

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 1SG) 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 1SG), 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.