Total Crime Rate
204.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ryle Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Macclesfield Central , and the 74th 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 Ryle Street (SK11 8AX) in the last 12 months was 204.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 130.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ryle Street (SK11 8AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wardle Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duke Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Macclesfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Rodney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistleton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovewood Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grovewood Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovewood Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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