Total Crime Rate
355.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fleming Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 27th 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 Fleming Street (CH65 4BA) in the last 12 months was 355.0 per 1,000 residents and was 176.6% 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 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 191.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fleming Street (CH65 4BA), 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.
View Crime In Central & Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilkinson Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | King Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | King Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eleanor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Church Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Nicholas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Nicholas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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