Total Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Barnoldswick , and the 93rd lowest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Craven Street (BB18 6AY) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% lower than the Barnoldswick average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Street (BB18 6AY), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnoldswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fountain Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scothern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scothern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scothern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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