Total Crime Rate

196.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 196.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.8 10/10
  • Drugs 22.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • 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
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

Rutland Place area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rutland Place (CH2 2LT) in the last 12 months was 196.4 per 1,000 residents and was 299.7% higher than the Newton & Hoole average (49.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rutland Place (CH2 2LT), the main crime hotspot is near Dorset Place. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rutland Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rutland Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mannings Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution

Data Sources

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