Total Crime Rate

48.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 48.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Oak Grove area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Poynton East and Pott Shrigley , and the 539th 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 Oak Grove (SK12 1AE) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% higher than the Poynton East and Pott Shrigley average (47.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Grove (SK12 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church View (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oak Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime George'S Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime George'S Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George'S Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malmesbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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