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

Mill 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 Mill Street (SK11 6NH) 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 Mill Street (SK11 6NH), 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 Mill Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Wallgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wallgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wallgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Back Wallgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gas Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Churchside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Exchange Street Under investigation
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

Data Sources

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