Total Crime Rate

396.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 396.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 143.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.4 10/10
  • Public order 38.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Neston , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 1,153 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 High Street (CH64 9TY) in the last 12 months was 396.6 per 1,000 residents and was 384.0% higher than the Neston average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 750.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 164.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CH64 9TY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ladies Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladies Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannery Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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