Total Crime Rate

10.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 10.3 1/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Overpool Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Strawberry , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Overpool Road (CH66 2JH) in the last 12 months was 10.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% lower than the Strawberry average (26.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Overpool Road (CH66 2JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Appleton Drive, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Capenhurst Lane (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Overpool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Grappenhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capenhurst Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appleton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appleton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hope Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grappenhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Broadland Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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