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Crime in CW8 3

How much crime is recorded in CW8 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Cheshire West and Chester
Region
North West
Population
14,727 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CW8 3

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 26.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in CW8 3, 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
26.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

CW8 3National
Violence and sexual offences23.523.6
Shoplifting11.88.4
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Public order7.44.6
Burglary5.19.1
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Other theft3.04.5
Drugs2.12.4
Other crime1.21.5
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Theft from the person0.82.1
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 17% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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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.

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