Postcode · Macclesfield
Crime in SK11 8BL
How much crime is recorded in SK11 8BL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Central Macclesfield
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,288 (2024)
SK11 8BLMacclesfield
How safe is SK11 8BL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SK11 8BL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
32.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SK11 8BLNational
Violence and sexual offences27.223.6
Public order6.54.6
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Other theft4.44.5
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Drugs2.72.4
Burglary2.09.1
Possession of weapons1.90.9
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Other crime0.61.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.