Total Crime Rate
326.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Statham Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 31st 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 Statham Street (SK11 6XF) in the last 12 months was 326.1 per 1,000 residents and was 111.0% higher than the Macclesfield Central average (154.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 222.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Statham Street (SK11 6XF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 146 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistleton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovewood Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grovewood Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovewood Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
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