Total Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Butterbache Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Christleton & Huntington , and the 319th highest 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 Butterbache Road (CH3 6BZ) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% higher than the Christleton & Huntington average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Butterbache Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butterbache Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxglove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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