Total Crime Rate

90.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Princes Road area has the 54th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Princes Road (CH65 8EU) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower than the Central & Grange average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Road (CH65 8EU), the main crime hotspot is near Venables Way. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princeton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Deansgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Venables Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Venables Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Venables Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Venables Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Venables Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cannon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bateman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firenza Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earls Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earls Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flatt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bateman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flatt Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clover Birches Under investigation
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Data Sources

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