Total Crime Rate

40.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 40.3 4/10
  • Violent crimes 30.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Halton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 562nd 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 Halton Road (CH2 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 40.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower 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 Other theft with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halton Road (CH2 1SJ), 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 Halton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Shipbrook Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shipbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Shipbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dunham Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckforton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tintern Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tewkesbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Plas Newton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pear Tree Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Marlow Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Beeches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Tiverton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shipbrook Road Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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