Total Crime Rate

342.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 342.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 165.8 10/10
  • Public order 32.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Drugs 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 21.7 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.6 6/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Samuel Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 28th highest crime rate of 1,268 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 Samuel Street (SK11 6UW) in the last 12 months was 342.4 per 1,000 residents and was 126.9% higher than the Macclesfield Central average (150.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 220.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Samuel Street (SK11 6UW), 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 Samuel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft St John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Wallgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wardle Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydews Passage
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wallgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wallgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Back Wallgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Vincent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wardle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchside Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchside Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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