Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aldford Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aldford Road (CH2 1SS) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 109.7% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aldford Road (CH2 1SS), 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.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shipbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipbrook Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shipbrook Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shipbrook Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tintern Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Beeches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dunham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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