Postcode district · Chester
Crime in CH1
How much crime is recorded in CH1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 46,881 (2024)
CH1Postcode district · Chester
How safe is CH1
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in CH1, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
39.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CH1National
Violence and sexual offences35.723.6
Public order10.64.6
Shoplifting10.18.4
Burglary7.99.1
Anti-social behaviour6.510.7
Other theft5.34.5
Drugs5.22.4
Criminal damage and arson5.04.7
Other crime1.11.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Theft from the person1.02.1
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Robbery0.71.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.