Total Crime Rate

1683.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1683.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 521.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 468.3 10/10
  • Public order 172.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 151.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 88.0 10/10
  • Drugs 88.0 10/10
  • Other theft 84.5 10/10
  • Burglary 24.7 10/10
  • Other crime 17.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
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

Charlotte Street area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charlotte Street (SK11 6JB) in the last 12 months was 1683.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1015.4% higher than the Macclesfield Central average (150.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 189 (≈ 665.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charlotte Street (SK11 6JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Charlotte Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorp Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydews Passage —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydews Passage —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchside Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchside Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchside Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Churchside Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Churchside Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Churchside Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churchside —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glegg Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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