Total Crime Rate
508.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raby Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Goodshaw & Cribden , and the 4th highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Raby Street (BB4 7RR) in the last 12 months was 508.3 per 1,000 residents and was 890.1% higher than the Goodshaw & Cribden average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 150.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raby Street (BB4 7RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rossendale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Mount Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fall Barn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenyon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crankshaw Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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