Crime in Sale
Recorded crime in Sale is 0.9 times the Trafford average and 0.9 times the England and Wales average. The police force here stopped publishing data after June 2019. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences).
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Sale: about 29,737 residents in 27 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 4/10Above average crime (data up to 2019)
- Living
- 8.7/10Excellent
- vs the council
- 0.9×the Trafford average
Crime in Trafford now
The police force here has published no street-level crime for Sale since June 2019, so the map and scores below are from before then. These are the latest Home Office figures for the whole council area, April 2025 to March 2026.
71.0 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded in Trafford in 2025/26 (England and Wales: 83.2).
Greater Manchester Police did not assign 5.9% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 305 | 1.3 | Up 5% |
| Cars broken into | 563 | 2.3 | Down 5% |
| Vehicle tampering | 193 | 0.80 | Up 2% |
| Vandalism to homes | 308 | 1.3 | Down 23% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 218 | 0.90 | Up 14% |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 447 | 1.9 | Down 9% |
| Arson | 69 | 0.29 | Up 3% |
| Burglary of homes | 422 | 1.8 | Down 30% |
| Burglary of businesses | 211 | 0.88 | Up 7% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 131 | 0.54 | About the same |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 120 | 0.50 | Up 9% |
| Robbery of people | 141 | 0.59 | Down 14% |
| Robbery of businesses | 69 | 0.29 | Up 53% |
| Violence with injury | 1,270 | 5.3 | Down 3% |
| Violence without injury | 2,720 | 11.3 | About the same |
| Stalking and harassment | 2,160 | 9.0 | About the same |
| Sexual offences | 595 | 2.5 | Up 2% |
| Shoplifting | 1,948 | 8.1 | Down 8% |
| Bicycle theft | 245 | 1.0 | Up 38% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 134 | 0.56 | Down 20% |
| Drug dealing | 349 | 1.4 | Up 23% |
| Drug possession | 535 | 2.2 | About the same |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare. These are council-area figures: police.uk street-level data, used for the map and the Safety score, only has the broad categories, and no source publishes murders or stabbings by street. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Greater Manchester Police area: 2,831 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2025/26 (3,425 the year before). This covers the whole police force area, not only Trafford.
Source: Home Office, police recorded knife crime by police force.
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Sale.
Postcode districts in Sale
Nearby towns
Council: Trafford
Questions about crime in Sale
- Is Sale a safe place to live?
- Sale scores 4 out of 10 for safety (above average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.9 times the Trafford average. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- What is the most common crime in Sale?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 19 per 1,000 residents a year. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- How does crime in Sale compare with Trafford?
- Crime severity in Sale is 0.9 times the Trafford average. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- How many cars are stolen in Sale?
- In Trafford, the council area Sale is in, the police recorded 305 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.3 per 1,000 residents, up 5% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Sale?
- 973 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Trafford, the council area Sale is in, 4.0 per 1,000 residents, 0.8 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Sale last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Trafford, the council area Sale is in, against 0 the year before.