Total Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Higher Barn Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Hadfield North , and the 113th lowest crime rate of 304 local areas in High Peak .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Higher Barn Road (SK13 2ET) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% lower than the Hadfield North average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higher Barn Road (SK13 2ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mersey Bank Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hadfield South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Carriage Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Carriage Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mersey Bank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Etherow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peakview | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pear Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hadfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barleycroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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