Crime Rates at Wellswood Road, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1JX

Wellswood Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 1,153 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 Wellswood Road (CH66 1JX) in the last 12 months was 20.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% lower than the Central & Grange average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellswood Road (CH66 1JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moelwyn Drive (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.