Total Crime Rate

156.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 32.4 7/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wilpshire Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Rishton , and the 84th highest crime rate of 268 local areas in Hyndburn .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wilpshire Road (BB1 4AH) in the last 12 months was 156.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% higher than the Rishton average (120.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Wilpshire Road area

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Data Sources

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