Crime in M1: Manchester city centre
data.police.uk recorded 2 street-level crimes at the representative point for M1 (Manchester city centre) in Aug 2026. The most common category was criminal damage and arson (1 reports, 50% of the total). The monthly total fell versus the month before. That is about 50% quieter than the recent 4-month average for this area.
Central Manchester, one of the UK's busiest city-centre, retail and nightlife cores.
Crime by category in M1
Every street-level crime recorded near the M1 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 50% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 | 50% |
2 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the M1 centroid, not a single street or property.
M1 crime trend: last 4 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the M1 representative point. The recent monthly average is 4 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is M1?
In Aug 2026, M1 was about 50% quieter than the recent 4-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture — not in isolation.
2 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · criminal damage and arson most common
See the crime mapped to one M1 address
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in M1?
data.police.uk recorded 2 street-level crimes in M1 (Manchester city centre) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 4 over the last 4 months. The largest single category was criminal damage and arson, at 50% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in M1?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in M1 were criminal damage and arson (1), violence and sexual offences (1). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is M1 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 4 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for M1 fell most recently and averaged 4 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for M1?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened — never the exact address — so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Fallowfield and Rusholme, a vast Manchester student district.
Didsbury, a south Manchester residential and nightlife district.
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, a dense government and tourism district.
Prime central Chelsea, a low-density affluent residential district.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a busy riverside district around one of the UK's busiest stations.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a residential commuter district inside Zone 2/3.
Sources
- Street-level crime data — data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding — postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.