Total Crime Rate

72.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 72.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Peacock Way area has the 20th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Handforth , and the 342nd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Peacock Way (SK9 3TE) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% lower than the Handforth average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peacock Way (SK9 3TE), the main crime hotspot is near Plumley Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Peacock Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlow Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swettenham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swettenham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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