Total Crime Rate

91.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buxton Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Macclesfield East , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buxton Road (SK10 1JS) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% higher than the Macclesfield East average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buxton Road (SK10 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Percyvale Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buxton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winlowe Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hallefield Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jodrell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thornycroft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glegg Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydews Passage —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Winlowe Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydews Passage —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knight'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winlowe Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
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Data Sources

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