Postcode · Ellesmere Port
Crime in CH65 4BW
How much crime is recorded in CH65 4BW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,483 (2024)
How safe is CH65 4BW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 37.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH65 4BW area, 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
37.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
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).
CH65 4BWNational
Violence and sexual offences31.723.6
Burglary18.89.1
Anti-social behaviour8.210.7
Public order7.14.6
Criminal damage and arson6.94.7
Drugs6.92.4
Other theft5.94.5
Shoplifting3.88.4
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.41.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 18% 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.