Crime Rates at Cottage Road, Chester, CH4 7QB

Cottage Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Handbridge Park , and the 289th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottage Road (CH4 7QB) in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Handbridge Park average (62.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Road (CH4 7QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherbourne Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.