Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 66.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Potter Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead , and the 188th highest crime rate of 1,160 local areas in Cheshire West and Chester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Potter Place (CW8 1TB) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 252.8% higher than the Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead average (30.6 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 66.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potter Place (CW8 1TB), the main crime hotspot is near Shingler Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Potter Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Shingler Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parks Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pimlotts Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shingler Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Badgers Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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