Total Crime Rate
45.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lancing Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 513th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lancing Road (CH65 5BD) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancing Road (CH65 5BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milton Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road North (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Robin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Georges Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Road | Under investigation |
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