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/

10,548 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 99 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

10,548

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,651	44%
Public order	1,291	12%
Shoplifting	1,011	10%
Anti social behaviour	898	9%
Other theft	664	6%
Criminal damage and arson	654	6%
Drugs	518	5%
Burglary	234	2%
Other crime	182	2%
Vehicle crime	148	1%
Bicycle theft	99	1%
Possession of weapons	79	1%
Robbery	65	1%
Theft from the person	54	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	378	358	383	433	358	388	357	308	422	393	477	396	4651
Public order	102	104	106	89	103	94	111	108	99	131	134	110	1291
Shoplifting	65	85	83	57	76	94	99	83	92	88	103	86	1011
Anti social behaviour	85	83	62	55	68	57	76	88	78	66	88	92	898
Other theft	50	52	40	66	45	51	55	47	53	66	76	63	664
Criminal damage and arson	56	51	48	56	48	62	54	43	66	54	54	62	654
Drugs	43	38	52	73	30	51	66	38	35	27	34	31	518
Burglary	19	13	23	25	22	17	21	26	12	18	18	20	234
Other crime	11	15	15	10	27	15	16	12	16	18	16	11	182
Vehicle crime	10	9	9	13	14	8	8	16	18	13	4	26	148
Bicycle theft	7	9	8	4	5	5	9	10	9	14	10	9	99
Possession of weapons	2	6	5	17	3	5	8	8	4	4	7	10	79
Robbery	2	1	3	7	10	4	5	4	7	7	10	5	65
Theft from the person	1	3	4	11	3	4	2	11	4	1	4	6	54
Total	831	827	841	916	812	855	887	802	915	900	1035	927	10548

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