Total Crime Rate
148.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Chapel East , and the 34th highest crime rate of 303 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 Market Street (SK23 0HY) in the last 12 months was 148.3 per 1,000 residents and was 194.2% higher than the Chapel East average (50.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (SK23 0HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowling Green Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chapel East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eaves Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eaves Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowling Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Smithy Brook Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Smithy Brook Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Eaves Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaves Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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