Total Crime Rate

104.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.2 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Rostherne Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Strawberry , and the 200th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rostherne Avenue (CH66 2QB) in the last 12 months was 104.5 per 1,000 residents and was 294.5% higher than the Strawberry average (26.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rostherne Avenue (CH66 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thelwall Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overpool Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rostherne Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rostherne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Thelwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overpool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rostherne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thelwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rostherne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bracken Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bracken Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alvanley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charter Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Charter Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckforton Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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