Postcode · Macclesfield
Crime in SK11 8SU
How much crime is recorded in SK11 8SU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Macclesfield Weston
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,746 (2024)
SK11 8SUMacclesfield
How safe is SK11 8SU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SK11 8SU area, above 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
39.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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 8SUNational
Violence and sexual offences37.523.6
Public order4.14.6
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Anti-social behaviour3.010.7
Other crime2.71.5
Drugs2.22.4
Burglary1.39.1
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Other theft1.04.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.