Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.6 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 79.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 31.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • 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

Abbots Wood area has the 27th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 288th highest 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 Abbots Wood (CH2 2FE) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbots Wood (CH2 2FE), the main crime hotspot is near Delamere Street. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abbots Wood area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Victoria Court Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Chester Bus Interchange Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heathfields Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathfields Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathfields Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Newry Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Trafford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Bus Interchange —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Bus Interchange —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Chester Bus Interchange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chester Bus Interchange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chester Bus Interchange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Delamere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chester Bus Interchange Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chester Bus Interchange Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chester Bus Interchange Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chester Bus Interchange Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henry Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stuart Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Black Diamond Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Diamond Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Delamere Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Bus Interchange —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Delamere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamere Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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