Total Crime Rate
323.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
159.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elizabeth 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Wallgate | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | 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 | Blackshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | George Street West | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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