Total Crime Rate

139.5 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 139.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 34th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 122nd 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 Westminster Road (CH65 2EF) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westminster Road (CH65 2EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 46 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Nicholas Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Wilkinson Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grace Road
Sep 2025Other crime Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodfield Road North
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cook Street
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eleanor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Church Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colemere Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colemere Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order John Nicholas Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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