Postcode sector · Chester
Crime in CH2 3
How much crime is recorded in CH2 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 20,157 (2024)
CH2 3Postcode sector · Chester
How safe is CH2 3
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in CH2 3, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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).
CH2 3National
Violence and sexual offences19.823.6
Shoplifting7.38.4
Public order5.74.6
Drugs5.22.4
Burglary4.69.1
Anti-social behaviour4.510.7
Other theft3.94.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other crime1.01.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 21% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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- CH2 3AA
- CH2 3AB
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- CH2 3BL
- CH2 3BN
- CH2 3BP
- CH2 3BQ
- CH2 3BR
- CH2 3BS
- CH2 3BT
- CH2 3BU
- CH2 3BW
- CH2 3BX
- CH2 3BY
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- CH2 3DA
- CH2 3DB
- CH2 3DD
- CH2 3DF
- CH2 3DG
- CH2 3DH
- CH2 3DJ
- CH2 3DL
- CH2 3DN
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- CH2 3DP
- CH2 3DQ
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- CH2 3HN
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- CH2 3RB
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- CH2 3RE
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- CH2 3RJ
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- CH2 3RN
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