Total Crime Rate

117.9 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 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Romanes Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hartford & Greenbank , and the 159th 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 Romanes Street (CW8 1DE) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 124.0% higher than the Hartford & Greenbank average (52.6 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romanes Street (CW8 1DE), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Romanes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Canton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wallace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romanes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romanes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Darwin Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Brunner Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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