Crime Rates at Gosforth Place, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3JH

Gosforth Place area has the 40th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 443rd highest 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 Gosforth Place (CH2 3JH) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% 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 Public order with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gosforth Place (CH2 3JH), the main crime hotspot is near A56. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.