Chester City & the Garden Quarter
WardWest Cheshire West and Chester. About 20,399 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 44% of people in Chester City & the Garden Quarter live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chester City & the Garden Quarter compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chester City & the Garden Quarter safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chester City & the Garden Quarter at a rate of 230.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 72.9 per 1,000 people across Cheshire West and Chester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 405 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chester City & the Garden Quarter.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,742), other crime (1,027) and shoplifting (641).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Cheshire West and Chester
These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire West and Chester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire West and Chester and not Chester City & the Garden Quarter alone. See Cheshire West and Chester
Chester City & the Garden Quarter in brief
Chester City & the Garden Quarter had 18,335 usual residents at the census.
About 44% of people in Chester City & the Garden Quarter live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chester City & the Garden Quarter, 59.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chester City & the Garden Quarter, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.