Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 40.7% | 40. highest | 108% | 24.5k | -11.8% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 14.4% | 38. lowest | 86% | 8.6k | -5.1% |
Public order crime → | 10.7% | 18. highest | 127% | 6.5k | -29.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.5% | 46. lowest | 100% | 5.1k | -15.7% |
Shoplifting crime → | 6.2% | 23. lowest | 81% | 3.7k | 23.4% |
Other theft crime → | 5.8% | 13. lowest | 67% | 3.5k | -7.3% |
Drugs crime → | 3.8% | 22. highest | 133% | 2.3k | -9.4% |
Burglary crime → | 2.9% | 11. lowest | 63% | 1.7k | -11.1% |
Vehicle crime → | 2.7% | 13. lowest | 39% | 1.6k | -11.6% |
Other crime → | 1.9% | 46. highest | 99% | 1.2k | -2.1% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.9% | 39. lowest | 76% | 550 | -7.6% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.7% | 29. lowest | 74% | 429 | 15.3% |
Robbery crime → | 0.5% | 23. lowest | 36% | 305 | 3.7% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.3% | 13. lowest | 16% | 207 | -31.7% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "drugs crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Drugs crime" rate is at 133% of national crime rate which puts Chester on 22. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Drugs crime" makes up 3.8% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "drugs crime" is 2.3k cases and has decreased by 9.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.