Total Crime Rate

323.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

159.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 323.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 159.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.2 8/10
  • Public order 40.8 10/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elizabeth Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 32nd 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 Elizabeth Street (SK11 6XP) in the last 12 months was 323.1 per 1,000 residents and was 109.1% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 159.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elizabeth Street (SK11 6XP), 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.

Crime Over Time in Elizabeth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Wallgate Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackshaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wood Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanley Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson George Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime George Street West Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Street West
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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