Total Crime Rate

166.7 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 166.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Public order 30.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clare Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 82nd 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 Clare Avenue (CH2 3HS) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 276.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clare Avenue (CH2 3HS), the main crime hotspot is near A56. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clare Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A56 —
Sep 2025Drugs Panton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Panton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosforth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A56 Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A56 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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