Total Crime Rate

23.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 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 23.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Straits Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Chatburn , and the 52nd lowest crime rate of 200 local areas in Ribble Valley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Straits Lane (BB12 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 23.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Chatburn average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Straits Lane (BB12 7PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Worthalls Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Straits Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sawley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Straits Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenacres —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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