Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 100.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Newhall Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 211th 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 Newhall Road (CH2 1SZ) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newhall Road (CH2 1SZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Newhall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolesworth Road Under investigation
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 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 2026Violence and sexual offences Shipbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson 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 2026Other crime Shipbrook 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 2026Possession of weapons Tiverton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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