Total Crime Rate

126.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitfield Cross 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 Whitfield Cross (SK13 8NW) 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 Whitfield Cross (SK13 8NW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Whitfield Cross area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliffe Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Uplands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Whitfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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