Total Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough Road area has the 61st lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 277th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marlborough Road (CH65 5DN) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% 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. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 79.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Road (CH65 5DN), 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 | Caernarvon Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlech Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Flint Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flint Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harlech Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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