Total Crime Rate
1982.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
753.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boden Street area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Boden Street (SK11 6LL) in the last 12 months was 1982.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1182.9% higher than the Macclesfield Central average (154.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 198 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 214 (≈ 753.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boden Street (SK11 6LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Street (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Macclesfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sunderland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broken Banks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood Street | Local resolution |
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