Crime Rate in Farington East, ward

Farington East has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in South Ribble district and the 3368th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 283rd highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Farington East in the last 12 months was 70.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% lower than the South Ribble district average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Farington East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 123 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Farington East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Rose Street, with 27 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mill Street (10 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.