Total Crime Rate

82.4 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 82.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Leighs Brow area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Marbury , and the 281st 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 Leighs Brow (CW8 4HT) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 120.2% higher than the Marbury average (37.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leighs Brow (CW8 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warburton Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Billington Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leighs Brow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Crescent —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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