Total Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Appledale Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Strawberry , and the 330th highest 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 Appledale Drive (CH66 2UL) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 176.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Appledale Drive (CH66 2UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Groves, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conifer Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Appledale Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sycamore Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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