Total Crime Rate

144.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 144.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.3 10/10
  • Other theft 27.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Bacup Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Britannia & Lee Mill , and the 51st highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .

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 Bacup Road (BB4 7JA) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.3% higher than the Britannia & Lee Mill average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bacup Road (BB4 7JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holt Mill Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodlands Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bacup Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holt Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staghills Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fern Lea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Top Barn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Top Barn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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