Total Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Earlsway area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Macclesfield South , and the 300th highest 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 Earlsway (SK11 8SX) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Macclesfield South average (68.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earlsway (SK11 8SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beeston Terrace, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gilchrist Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Macclesfield South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeston Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Earlsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Earlsway | Under investigation |
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