Total Crime Rate

146.9 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 146.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Public order 49.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Ingham Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Chester City & the Garden Quarter , and the 109th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Ingham Close (CH3 5UH) in the last 12 months was 146.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 104.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ingham Close (CH3 5UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5115, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Mount (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ingham Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bulkeley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cherry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christleton Road
Sep 2025Other theft A5115 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jamieson Close

Data Sources

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