Crime Rates at Border Way, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5PQ

Border Way area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 141st lowest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Border Way (CH3 5PQ) in the last 12 months was 12.2 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Border Way (CH3 5PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Toll Bar Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broadmead (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.