Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.6 9/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Whittle Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Greenfield & Eden , and the 99th highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .

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 Whittle Street (BB4 5EY) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% higher than the Greenfield & Eden average (72.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whittle Street (BB4 5EY), the main crime hotspot is near Warner Street. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whittle Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnybank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thomas Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grane Park —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street —
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Data Sources

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