Total Crime Rate
38.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charlestown Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 106th 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 Charlestown Road (SK13 8LB) in the last 12 months was 38.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Howard Town average (163.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlestown Road (SK13 8LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Court, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitfield Park (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlestown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Charles Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlestown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlestown Road | Under investigation |
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