Total Crime Rate

47.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 34.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellhouse Road 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 Wellhouse Road (BB18 6DB) 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 Wellhouse Road (BB18 6DB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wellhouse Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fountain Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Craven Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stuart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scothern Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scothern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scothern Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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