Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorset Walk area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Broken Cross and Upton , and the 133rd 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 Dorset Walk (SK10 3EY) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 139.9% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 117.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorset Walk (SK10 3EY), the main crime hotspot is near Kennedy Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Macclesfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Donagh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Donagh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lincoln Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennedy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wiltshire Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennedy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donagh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaglais Way | Under investigation |
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