Total Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Overpool Road area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Central & Grange , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 1,160 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 Overpool Road (CH66 2JA) in the last 12 months was 66.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Overpool Road (CH66 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thelwall Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Boulevard (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitby Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Singleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tarporley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarporley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklyn Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Singleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Singleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Singleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Singleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Overpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peckforton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charter Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornwythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornwythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overpool Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lupus Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lupus Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Browning Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
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