Total Crime Rate

131.3 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 131.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.2 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Riverside area has the 4th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead , and the 138th 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 Riverside (CW9 8BT) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 318.2% higher than the Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead average (31.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside (CW9 8BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belgrave Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Audlem Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Riverside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cockington Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Audlem Drive Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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