Total Crime Rate
89.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashfield Road area has the 55th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 251st highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashfield Road (CH65 8BW) in the last 12 months was 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashfield Road (CH65 8BW), the main crime hotspot is near Beechfield Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central & Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | John Nicholas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | John Nicholas Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Nicholas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Briarfield Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Nicholas Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marina Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monks Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monks Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
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