Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tennyson Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Macclesfield South , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tennyson Close (SK11 8UJ) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Close (SK11 8UJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Earlsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkett Heyes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Earlsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeston Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenby Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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