Total Crime Rate

336.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 336.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.0 10/10
  • Public order 64.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Highfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 8th highest crime rate of 303 local areas in High Peak .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (SK13 8NZ) in the last 12 months was 336.9 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 192.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (SK13 8NZ), 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 Highfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Uplands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Milltown —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milltown Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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