Total Crime Rate

95.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 36.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lupus Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Strawberry , and the 238th 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 Lupus Way (CH66 2RE) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 260.0% higher than the Strawberry average (26.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -94.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -94.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lupus Way (CH66 2RE), the main crime hotspot is near Overpool Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lupus Way area

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

Data Sources

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