Total Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterton Court area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 431st lowest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterton Court (CH2 2FA) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% lower than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (230.5 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterton Court (CH2 2FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newry Park, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heathfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Diamond Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newton Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Black Diamond Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newry Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newry Park East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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