Total Crime Rate

16.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 16.5 2/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Victoria Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 214th lowest crime rate of 1,153 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 Victoria Road (CH2 2JL) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.7% lower than the Chester City & the Garden Quarter average (226.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Road (CH2 2JL), the main crime hotspot is near Delamere Street. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathcote Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newry Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Eardswick Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot'S Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper Northgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Abbot'S Nook Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathcote Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heron Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Heron Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bailey Bridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Delamere Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathcote Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delamere Street —
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Data Sources

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