Total Crime Rate

75.0 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 75.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Old Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Wilmslow East , and the 335th 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 Old Road (SK9 4AD) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Wilmslow East average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Road (SK9 4AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warham Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightingale Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Warham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Top Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Warham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Road —
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Data Sources

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