Total Crime Rate

159.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 159.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.3 8/10
  • Drugs 19.3 10/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Public order 14.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Garden Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Macclesfield East , and the 107th highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Street (SK10 2QW) in the last 12 months was 159.4 per 1,000 residents and was 153.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Street (SK10 2QW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gas Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rowan Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Withyfold Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Withyfold Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Withyfold Drive —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Public order Withyfold Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Gas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gas Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gas Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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