Total Crime Rate
19.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newhall Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 267th lowest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newhall Road (CH2 1TE) in the last 12 months was 19.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newhall Road (CH2 1TE), 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 | Shipbrook Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Dunham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckforton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shipbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shipbrook Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipbrook Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Road | Under investigation |
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