Total Crime Rate
609.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
265.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silverlands Close area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Barms , and the highest crime rate of 304 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 Silverlands Close (SK17 6QU) in the last 12 months was 609.9 per 1,000 residents and was 436.3% higher than the Barms average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 265.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silverlands Close (SK17 6QU), the main crime hotspot is near Windsor Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Buxton Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milnbank Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A6 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A6 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Briar Close | Under investigation |
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