# Macclesfield

Town in Cheshire East, North West.

Macclesfield is a town in Cheshire East, North West. Median sale price £260,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 85.0 per 1,000 people. About 56,372 people.

Town. Code E63001591. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)

Macclesfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Macclesfield add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Macclesfield was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 512th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 54,352** (2021). Macclesfield had 54,352 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 196th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 15%** (2022). About 15% of people in Macclesfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In Macclesfield, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001591) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 15% of people in Macclesfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001591) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,096 homes were sold in Macclesfield in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001591) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Macclesfield.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001591) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Macclesfield had 54,352 usual residents at the census.

## How Macclesfield compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Macclesfield | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £260,000 | joint 42nd most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 54,352 | 30th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 15% | joint 70th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.0% | 34th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Macclesfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Macclesfield at a rate of 85.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 462 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Macclesfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,111), other crime (924) and shoplifting (589).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Macclesfield was 79.0 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Macclesfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Macclesfield has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Macclesfield

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018641) | 1,582 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| [Cheshire East 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018642) | 1,307 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018643) | 2,007 | 14.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [Cheshire East 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018644) | 1,357 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Cheshire East 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018614) | 1,798 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.2% |
| [Cheshire East 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018618) | 1,524 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| [Cheshire East 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018619) | 1,519 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.7% |
| [Cheshire East 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018620) | 1,468 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| [Cheshire East 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018621) | 1,360 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| [Cheshire East 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018628) | 1,550 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| [Cheshire East 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018629) | 1,891 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.8% |
| [Cheshire East 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018630) | 1,287 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire East 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018631) | 1,342 | 161.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| [Cheshire East 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034659) | 1,272 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Cheshire East 016G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034660) | 1,079 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.0% |
| [Cheshire East 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018615) | 1,216 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Cheshire East 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018616) | 1,535 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.5% |
| [Cheshire East 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018617) | 1,353 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.7% |
| [Cheshire East 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018632) | 1,729 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| [Cheshire East 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018633) | 1,493 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Cheshire East 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018622) | 1,316 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% |
| [Cheshire East 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018623) | 1,438 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| [Cheshire East 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018624) | 1,984 | 507.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.0% |
| [Cheshire East 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018625) | 1,437 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| [Cheshire East 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018627) | 1,697 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.8% |
| [Cheshire East 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018635) | 1,181 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| [Cheshire East 018G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018636) | 1,370 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% |
| [Cheshire East 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018634) | 1,837 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018645) | 1,765 | 140.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| [Cheshire East 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018646) | 1,742 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Cheshire East 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018647) | 1,521 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| [Cheshire East 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018637) | 1,848 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Cheshire East 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018638) | 1,536 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 60.4% |
| [Cheshire East 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018639) | 1,566 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.8% |
| [Cheshire East 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018640) | 1,257 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.4% |

## Your MP

- [Macclesfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/macclesfield): Tim Roca (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)

## Postcode districts covering Macclesfield

[SK10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk10), [SK11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk11)

## Middle areas in Macclesfield

[Central Macclesfield](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/central-macclesfield), [Macclesfield Bollinbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-bollinbrook), [Macclesfield East & Hurdsfield](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-east-and-hurdsfield), [Macclesfield South & Lyme Green](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-south-and-lyme-green), [Macclesfield Tytherington](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-tytherington), [Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-upton-priory-and-greenside), [Macclesfield Weston](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/macclesfield-weston)

## Towns near Macclesfield

[Poynton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poynton), [Wilmslow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wilmslow), [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/congleton), [Bramhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bramhall), [Cheadle Hulme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cheadle-hulme), [Wythenshawe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wythenshawe)

## Macclesfield in brief

Macclesfield is a town in Cheshire East, North West.
About 56,372 people lived in Macclesfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 1,096 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Macclesfield was £260,000 in 2025.
Macclesfield had 54,352 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Macclesfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Macclesfield, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001591
- Constituency: [Macclesfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/macclesfield)
- Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 14.28 km²
- People, mid-2024: 56,372*
- Neighbourhoods: 35
- Output areas: 184

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Poynton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poynton), [Wilmslow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wilmslow), [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/congleton), [Bramhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bramhall), [Cheadle Hulme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cheadle-hulme), [Wythenshawe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wythenshawe)

## Latest updates for Macclesfield

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001591

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/macclesfield#f-house-sales-median-price.

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