Total Crime Rate

202.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 202.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 73.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

St James Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Wilmslow East , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 St James Drive (SK9 5AD) in the last 12 months was 202.8 per 1,000 residents and was 212.0% higher than the Wilmslow East average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 656.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Drive (SK9 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Lindfield Estate North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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