Total Crime Rate
126.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Padfield Gate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 45th 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 Padfield Gate (SK13 8NU) in the last 12 months was 126.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Howard Town average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Padfield Gate (SK13 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Uplands Road, where police recorded 34 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 | Public order | Uplands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uplands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uplands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ebenezer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Road | — |
| 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 | — |
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