Total Crime Rate

101.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Public order 35.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Burglary 5.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Barn Croft area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Farndon , and the 213th highest crime rate of 1,153 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 Barn Croft (SY14 8FD) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 271.0% higher than the Farndon average (27.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barn Croft (SY14 8FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Well Street, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barn Croft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Barnmoore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnmoore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Well Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Well Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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