Postcode · Chester
Crime in CH4 8DB
How much crime is recorded in CH4 8DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lache
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,946 (2024)
CH4 8DBChester
How safe is CH4 8DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH4 8DB area, below 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
24.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
48
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).
CH4 8DBNational
Violence and sexual offences21.623.6
Public order6.74.6
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Shoplifting4.58.4
Burglary2.59.1
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other theft1.74.5
Bicycle theft1.21.0
Other crime0.91.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.