Total Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarraville Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Goodshaw & Cribden , and the 95th 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 Yarraville Street (BB4 6BA) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% higher than the Goodshaw & Cribden average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarraville Street (BB4 6BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardman Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rossendale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hardman Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whinberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardman Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardman Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardman Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fall Barn Road | — |
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