Total Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Court area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 104th highest crime rate of 303 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 Kings Court (SK13 8HD) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% lower than the Howard Town average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Court (SK13 8HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Howard Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Under investigation |
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