Crime Rates at Willow Crescent, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3LY

Willow Crescent area has the 4th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Gowy Rural , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Willow Crescent (CH2 3LY) in the last 12 months was 136.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% higher than the Gowy Rural average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 128.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 84.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 110.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Crescent (CH2 3LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crossley Crescent, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alder Grove (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.