Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 79.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rugby 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 Rugby Road (CH65 5DR) 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 Rugby Road (CH65 5DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dover Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rugby Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rugby Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harlech Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dover Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheltenham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheltenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dover Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harlech Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rugby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakley Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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