Total Crime Rate

138.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 89.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 35.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.3 5/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Five Ashes Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Handbridge Park , and the 125th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Five Ashes Road (CH4 7QS) in the last 12 months was 138.4 per 1,000 residents and was 123.3% higher than the Handbridge Park average (62.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Five Ashes Road (CH4 7QS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Five Ashes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winkwell Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winkwell Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Court —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sherbourne Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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