Total Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ullswater Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newton & Hoole , and the 35th 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 Ullswater Crescent (CH2 2PN) in the last 12 months was 5.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ullswater Crescent (CH2 2PN), the main crime hotspot is near Dorset Place. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dorset Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Beeches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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