Total Crime Rate
299.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elizabeth Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 36th 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 Elizabeth Street (SK11 6XP) in the last 12 months was 299.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.4% higher than the Macclesfield Central average (150.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 173.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Street (SK11 6XP), 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.
View Crime In Macclesfield Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wallgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stanley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Statham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Wallgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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