Total Crime Rate

93.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meriton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Handforth , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Meriton Road (SK9 3HB) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% higher than the Handforth average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meriton Road (SK9 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henbury Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meriton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brooke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Henbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brooke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brooke Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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