Total Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Westminster Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 187th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westminster Road (CH65 2EE) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westminster Road (CH65 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Nicholas Crescent (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westminster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodfield Road North
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Nicholas Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exeter Road
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wilkinson Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grace Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Church Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order John Nicholas Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cook Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eleanor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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