Total Crime Rate
89.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wenlock Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Broken Cross and Upton , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Wenlock Close (SK10 3AP) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% higher than the Broken Cross and Upton average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wenlock Close (SK10 3AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stoneleigh Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buckfast Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Macclesfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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