Total Crime Rate

117.2 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 117.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Queensgate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hartford & Greenbank , and the 162nd 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 Queensgate (CW8 1DU) in the last 12 months was 117.2 per 1,000 residents and was 122.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queensgate (CW8 1DU), 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 Queensgate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wallace Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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