Postcode district · Cheshire West and Chester
Crime in CH34
How much crime is recorded in CH34, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 4,097 (2024)
How safe is CH34
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in CH34, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
72
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).
CH34National
Shoplifting32.78.4
Violence and sexual offences24.923.6
Public order11.74.6
Anti-social behaviour7.110.7
Burglary6.69.1
Drugs4.12.4
Other theft3.74.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Bicycle theft1.91.0
Other crime1.71.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Robbery1.21.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.