Total Crime Rate
181.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lansdowne Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Handbridge Park , and the 81st 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 Lansdowne Grove (CH4 8LD) in the last 12 months was 181.3 per 1,000 residents and was 192.6% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lansdowne Grove (CH4 8LD), the main crime hotspot is near Curzon Street. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Curzon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Curzon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kensington Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greensway | — |
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