As of June 2026, the annual crime rate in Chester postcode area stands at 8.6 crimes per 1000 people. Chester's current crime levels are at 124% of the national crime rate. Public order crime makes up 9.9% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Public order crime totalled 5.5k representing a decrease 0.7% year-over-year.
| Chester postcode area | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 6.9 |
| 124% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 9.9% | share of all crimes | 6.9% |
| 5.5k | crimes reported | 388k |
| -0.7% | annual change | -3.4% |
| Postcode sector | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH1 1 | 583% | 40 | 204 | |
| CH1 2 | 222% | 15 | 136 | |
| CH1 3 | 294% | 20 | 121 | |
| CH1 4 | 119% | 8 | 93 | |
| CH1 5 | 246% | 17 | 163 | |
| CH1 6 | 79% | 5 | 33 | |
| CH2 1 | 155% | 11 | 134 | |
| CH2 2 | 87% | 6 | 32 | |
| CH2 3 | 120% | 8 | 66 | |
| CH2 4 | 92% | 6 | 47 | |
| CH3 5 | 100% | 7 | 70 | |
| CH3 6 | 61% | 4 | 20 | |
| CH3 7 | 95% | 7 | 37 | |
| CH3 8 | 75% | 5 | 18 | |
| CH3 9 | 71% | 5 | 20 | |
| CH4 0 | 61% | 4 | 45 | |
| CH4 7 | 110% | 8 | 47 | |
| CH4 8 | 182% | 13 | 105 | |
| CH4 9 | 38% | 3 | 20 | |
| CH41 0 | 135% | 9 | 26 | |
| CH41 1 | 283% | 20 | 32 | |
| CH41 2 | 460% | 32 | 127 | |
| CH41 3 | 199% | 14 | 29 | |
| CH41 4 | 168% | 12 | 57 | |
| CH41 5 | 175% | 12 | 55 | |
| CH41 6 | 513% | 36 | 158 | |
| CH41 7 | 189% | 13 | 41 | |
| CH41 8 | 457% | 32 | 109 | |
| CH41 9 | 180% | 12 | 45 | |
| CH42 0 | 210% | 15 | 34 | |
| CH42 1 | 194% | 13 | 41 | |
| CH42 2 | 290% | 20 | 40 | |
| CH42 3 | 221% | 15 | 30 | |
| CH42 4 | 114% | 8 | 26 | |
| CH42 5 | 208% | 14 | 34 | |
| CH42 6 | 97% | 7 | 18 | |
| CH42 7 | 172% | 12 | 21 | |
| CH42 8 | 138% | 10 | 18 | |
| CH42 9 | 188% | 13 | 44 | |
| CH43 0 | 73% | 5 | 16 | |
| CH43 1 | 134% | 9 | 23 | |
| CH43 2 | 31% | 2 | 6 | |
| CH43 3 | 95% | 7 | 21 | |
| CH43 4 | 178% | 12 | 31 | |
| CH43 5 | 167% | 12 | 27 | |
| CH43 6 | 43% | 3 | 4 | |
| CH43 7 | 174% | 12 | 62 | |
| CH43 8 | 48% | 3 | 4 | |
| CH43 9 | 99% | 7 | 38 | |
| CH44 0 | 220% | 15 | 35 | |
| CH44 1 | 153% | 11 | 23 | |
| CH44 2 | 154% | 11 | 23 | |
| CH44 3 | 38% | 3 | 5 | |
| CH44 4 | 92% | 6 | 25 | |
| CH44 5 | 165% | 11 | 41 | |
| CH44 6 | 276% | 19 | 54 | |
| CH44 7 | 118% | 8 | 24 | |
| CH44 8 | 102% | 7 | 16 | |
| CH44 9 | 228% | 16 | 41 | |
| CH45 0 | 23% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH45 1 | 161% | 11 | 24 | |
| CH45 2 | 543% | 38 | 72 | |
| CH45 3 | 97% | 7 | 17 | |
| CH45 4 | 155% | 11 | 39 | |
| CH45 5 | 72% | 5 | 17 | |
| CH45 6 | 66% | 5 | 7 | |
| CH45 7 | 56% | 4 | 12 | |
| CH45 8 | 117% | 8 | 25 | |
| CH45 9 | 43% | 3 | 4 | |
| CH46 0 | 61% | 4 | 13 | |
| CH46 1 | 138% | 10 | 25 | |
| CH46 2 | 227% | 16 | 32 | |
| CH46 3 | 121% | 8 | 10 | |
| CH46 4 | 108% | 8 | 2 | |
| CH46 6 | 51% | 4 | 13 | |
| CH46 7 | 96% | 7 | 16 | |
| CH46 8 | 140% | 10 | 31 | |
| CH46 9 | 130% | 9 | 20 | |
| CH47 1 | 102% | 7 | 5 | |
| CH47 2 | 171% | 12 | 23 | |
| CH47 3 | 124% | 9 | 16 | |
| CH47 4 | 80% | 6 | 6 | |
| CH47 5 | 71% | 5 | 4 | |
| CH47 6 | 22% | 2 | 1 | |
| CH47 8 | 113% | 8 | 2 | |
| CH47 9 | 40% | 3 | 2 | |
| CH48 0 | 144% | 10 | 14 | |
| CH48 1 | 35% | 2 | 3 | |
| CH48 2 | 63% | 4 | 4 | |
| CH48 3 | 66% | 5 | 6 | |
| CH48 4 | 117% | 8 | 14 | |
| CH48 5 | 61% | 4 | 9 | |
| CH48 6 | 96% | 7 | 11 | |
| CH48 7 | 20% | 1 | 1 | |
| CH48 8 | 30% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH48 9 | 24% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH49 0 | 149% | 10 | 21 | |
| CH49 1 | 19% | 1 | 2 | |
| CH49 2 | 24% | 2 | 4 | |
| CH49 3 | 74% | 5 | 13 | |
| CH49 4 | 59% | 4 | 15 | |
| CH49 5 | 168% | 12 | 69 | |
| CH49 6 | 137% | 10 | 24 | |
| CH49 7 | 128% | 9 | 22 | |
| CH49 8 | 97% | 7 | 14 | |
| CH49 9 | 175% | 12 | 22 | |
| CH5 1 | 137% | 10 | 76 | |
| CH5 2 | 40% | 3 | 47 | |
| CH5 3 | 31% | 2 | 30 | |
| CH5 4 | 126% | 9 | 114 | |
| CH6 5 | 73% | 5 | 70 | |
| CH6 6 | 90% | 6 | 18 | |
| CH60 0 | 76% | 5 | 7 | |
| CH60 1 | 10% | 1 | 1 | |
| CH60 2 | 28% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH60 3 | 50% | 3 | 3 | |
| CH60 4 | 14% | 1 | 1 | |
| CH60 5 | 91% | 6 | 11 | |
| CH60 6 | 28% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH60 7 | 62% | 4 | 7 | |
| CH60 8 | 27% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH60 9 | 78% | 5 | 5 | |
| CH61 0 | 31% | 2 | 1 | |
| CH61 1 | 25% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH61 2 | 29% | 2 | 1 | |
| CH61 3 | 24% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH61 4 | 52% | 4 | 6 | |
| CH61 5 | 47% | 3 | 5 | |
| CH61 6 | 48% | 3 | 6 | |
| CH61 7 | 144% | 10 | 12 | |
| CH61 8 | 45% | 3 | 5 | |
| CH61 9 | 48% | 3 | 5 | |
| CH62 0 | 66% | 5 | 7 | |
| CH62 1 | 146% | 10 | 23 | |
| CH62 2 | 79% | 5 | 13 | |
| CH62 3 | 188% | 13 | 31 | |
| CH62 4 | 66% | 5 | 18 | |
| CH62 5 | 167% | 12 | 31 | |
| CH62 6 | 81% | 6 | 14 | |
| CH62 7 | 59% | 4 | 29 | |
| CH62 8 | 91% | 6 | 22 | |
| CH62 9 | 146% | 10 | 25 | |
| CH63 0 | 10% | 1 | 2 | |
| CH63 1 | 51% | 4 | 2 | |
| CH63 2 | 40% | 3 | 9 | |
| CH63 3 | 52% | 4 | 16 | |
| CH63 4 | 107% | 7 | 12 | |
| CH63 5 | 58% | 4 | 12 | |
| CH63 6 | 83% | 6 | 2 | |
| CH63 7 | 102% | 7 | 24 | |
| CH63 8 | 127% | 9 | 20 | |
| CH63 9 | 23% | 2 | 7 | |
| CH64 0 | 60% | 4 | 7 | |
| CH64 1 | 26% | 2 | 2 | |
| CH64 2 | 15% | 1 | 1 | |
| CH64 3 | 142% | 10 | 20 | |
| CH64 4 | 34% | 2 | 4 | |
| CH64 5 | 78% | 5 | 4 | |
| CH64 6 | 47% | 3 | 7 | |
| CH64 7 | 54% | 4 | 3 | |
| CH64 8 | 217% | 15 | 6 | |
| CH64 9 | 86% | 6 | 24 | |
| CH65 0 | 477% | 33 | 83 | |
| CH65 1 | 621% | 43 | 5 | |
| CH65 2 | 142% | 10 | 42 | |
| CH65 3 | 229% | 16 | 35 | |
| CH65 4 | 206% | 14 | 45 | |
| CH65 5 | 62% | 4 | 26 | |
| CH65 6 | 71% | 5 | 14 | |
| CH65 7 | 225% | 16 | 41 | |
| CH65 8 | 248% | 17 | 70 | |
| CH65 9 | 194% | 13 | 109 | |
| CH66 1 | 161% | 11 | 55 | |
| CH66 2 | 118% | 8 | 63 | |
| CH66 3 | 207% | 14 | 63 | |
| CH66 4 | 125% | 9 | 46 | |
| CH66 5 | 57% | 4 | 3 | |
| CH66 6 | 163% | 11 | 4 | |
| CH66 7 | 34% | 2 | 1 | |
| CH7 1 | 96% | 7 | 84 | |
| CH7 2 | 96% | 7 | 44 | |
| CH7 3 | 38% | 3 | 15 | |
| CH7 4 | 42% | 3 | 14 | |
| CH7 5 | 36% | 2 | 13 | |
| CH7 6 | 50% | 3 | 32 | |
| CH8 7 | 104% | 7 | 61 | |
| CH8 8 | 56% | 4 | 17 | |
| CH8 9 | 101% | 7 | 35 | |
Crime rate ranking : Chester postcode area has the 20. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas
Public order crime totalled 5.5k representing a decrease 0.7% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between June 2025 - May 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.
-0.7% annual change, crime is declining
5.5k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to May 2026.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.
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