Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smithy Brow Court area has the 6th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Greenfield & Eden , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Smithy Brow Court (BB4 5DP) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 139.8% higher than the Greenfield & Eden average (68.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithy Brow Court (BB4 5DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St James Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Haslingden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hargreaves Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hargreaves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargreaves Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clegg Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clegg Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Regent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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