Total Crime Rate
713.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
339.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 10th 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 Cambridge Road (CH65 4AG) in the last 12 months was 713.9 per 1,000 residents and was 447.5% higher than the Central & Grange average (130.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 339.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Road (CH65 4AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central & Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Europa Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Europa Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | John Nicholas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellesley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mornington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Grove | — |
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