Total Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wolverham Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 566th 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 Wolverham Road (CH65 5BX) in the last 12 months was 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wolverham Road (CH65 5BX), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Cheltenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlech Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harlech Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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