Macclesfield Central
WardNorth east Cheshire East. About 9,758 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Macclesfield Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Macclesfield Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Macclesfield Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Macclesfield Central at a rate of 186.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.1 per 1,000 people across Cheshire East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 151 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Macclesfield Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (478), shoplifting (350) and other crime (296).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Cheshire East
These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire East, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire East and not Macclesfield Central alone. See Cheshire East
Macclesfield Central in brief
Macclesfield Central had 9,175 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Macclesfield Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Macclesfield Central, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Macclesfield Central, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.