Total Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Freetown area has the 13th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 61st highest crime rate of 303 local areas in High Peak .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Freetown (SK13 8NH) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% lower than the Howard Town average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freetown (SK13 8NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Collier Street, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highfield Road (20 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Uplands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uplands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | 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 | Ebenezer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uplands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Street | — |
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