Total Crime Rate

39.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hockenhull Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Sandstone , and the 570th 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 Hockenhull Crescent (CH3 8HZ) in the last 12 months was 39.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% higher than the Sandstone average (22.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hockenhull Crescent (CH3 8HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hallfields Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hockenhull Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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