Crime Rates at Ballater Crescent, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5JE

Ballater Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 175th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ballater Crescent (CH3 5JE) in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballater Crescent (CH3 5JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ballater Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.