Total Crime Rate
501.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Howard Town , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 304 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 Regent Street (SK13 8QD) in the last 12 months was 501.3 per 1,000 residents and was 206.7% higher 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 215.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Street (SK13 8QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milltown (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Howard Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Hall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jordan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jordan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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