Total Crime Rate

86.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Links Avenue area has the 55th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Links Avenue (CH66 1QT) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Links Avenue (CH66 1QT), the main crime hotspot is near Sheepfield Close. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Links Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Little Sutton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sheepfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheepfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sheepfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red Lion Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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