Crime · Chester

Reported crime in Chester

Name: Chester crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

10,532 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 99 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

10,532

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,635	44%
Public order	1,282	12%
Shoplifting	983	9%
Anti social behaviour	921	9%
Criminal damage and arson	663	6%
Other theft	659	6%
Drugs	529	5%
Burglary	246	2%
Other crime	181	2%
Vehicle crime	148	1%
Bicycle theft	97	1%
Possession of weapons	72	1%
Robbery	63	1%
Theft from the person	53	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	448	409	378	358	383	433	358	388	357	308	422	393	4635
Public order	123	112	102	104	106	89	103	94	111	108	99	131	1282
Shoplifting	78	83	65	85	83	57	76	94	99	83	92	88	983
Anti social behaviour	99	104	85	83	62	55	68	57	76	88	78	66	921
Criminal damage and arson	65	60	56	51	48	56	48	62	54	43	66	54	663
Other theft	71	63	50	52	40	66	45	51	55	47	53	66	659
Drugs	44	32	43	38	52	73	30	51	66	38	35	27	529
Burglary	26	24	19	13	23	25	22	17	21	26	12	18	246
Other crime	13	13	11	15	15	10	27	15	16	12	16	18	181
Vehicle crime	25	5	10	9	9	13	14	8	8	16	18	13	148
Bicycle theft	9	8	7	9	8	4	5	5	9	10	9	14	97
Possession of weapons	7	3	2	6	5	17	3	5	8	8	4	4	72
Robbery	7	6	2	1	3	7	10	4	5	4	7	7	63
Theft from the person	6	3	1	3	4	11	3	4	2	11	4	1	53
Total	1021	925	831	827	841	916	812	855	887	802	915	900	10532

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chester, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 106,427.