Total Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princes Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Buxton Central , and the 12th 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 Princes Road (SK17 7LB) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 96.0% lower than the Buxton Central average (211.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Road (SK17 7LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montpelier Gardens, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stone Bench| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterswallows Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Gardens | — |
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