Total Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grasmere area has the lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Broken Cross and Upton , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere (SK11 8PL) in the last 12 months was 6.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Broken Cross and Upton average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grasmere (SK11 8PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broken Cross and Upton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warwick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dawson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarn Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ullswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Penrith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Meade Close | Under investigation |
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