Total Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brown Edge Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Barms , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 304 local areas in High Peak .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brown Edge Road (SK17 7AB) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 86.6% lower than the Barms average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brown Edge Road (SK17 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Ladycroft. Police recorded 4 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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