Total Crime Rate

105.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lockgate area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Goodshaw & Cribden , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lockgate (BB4 6QG) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 113.1% higher than the Goodshaw & Cribden average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lockgate (BB4 6QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ward Way, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hill Rise (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lockgate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary B6527 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rawtenstall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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