Total Crime Rate

86.4 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 86.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Burglary 20.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
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

Waterloo Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hartford & Greenbank , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,153 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (CW8 1EF) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (CW8 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5509, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paradus Walk (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Navigation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Athelbrae Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradus Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradus Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Athelbrae Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navigation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Freshwater View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A5509 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A5509 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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