Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plumley Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Handforth , and the 254th highest crime rate of 1,263 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 Plumley Road (SK9 3RR) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% higher than the Handforth average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plumley Road (SK9 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumley Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelford Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Handforth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Swettenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandiway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandiway Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chelford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chelford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redesmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Siddington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plumley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plumley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plumley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redesmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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