Total Crime Rate
90.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rostherne Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Strawberry , and the 249th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rostherne Avenue (CH66 2QD) in the last 12 months was 90.5 per 1,000 residents and was 215.3% higher than the Strawberry average (28.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rostherne Avenue (CH66 2QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thelwall Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tarporley Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sutton Villages| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarporley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornwythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Browning Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lupus Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lupus Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornwythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charter Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peckforton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tarporley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarporley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overpool Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Overpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ringway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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