Total Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pictor Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Buxton Central , and the 126th highest crime rate of 304 local areas in High Peak .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pictor Road (SK17 7TB) in the last 12 months was 62.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pictor Road (SK17 7TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Park Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Annabelle Court (19 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 | Shoplifting | Victoria Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinder Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Granby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassop Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheedale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinder Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinder Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annabelle Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annabelle Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edensor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edensor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doveridge Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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