Total Crime Rate

190.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 190.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.0 10/10
  • Public order 38.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Caxton Close area has the highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Strawberry , and the 66th 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 Caxton Close (CH66 2QS) in the last 12 months was 190.5 per 1,000 residents and was 618.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caxton Close (CH66 2QS), the main crime hotspot is near The Boulevard. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Caxton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rostherne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rostherne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overpool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruera Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarporley Road Under investigation
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 The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boulevard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Singleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Singleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charter Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charter Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckforton Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rostherne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Boulevard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Thelwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thelwall Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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