Total Crime Rate

141.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Drugs 26.1 10/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Whitby Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 118th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitby Road (CH65 0AA) in the last 12 months was 141.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Central & Grange average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitby Road (CH65 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beechfield Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flatt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marina Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marina Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beechfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Beechfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beechfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Beechfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodfield Road North
Sep 2025Other theft Flatt Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Priestfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briarfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marina Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oldfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Norfolk Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heathfield Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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