Total Crime Rate

139.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 139.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Forest Bank Court area has the 12th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Goodshaw & Cribden , and the 55th 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 Forest Bank Court (BB4 8FQ) in the last 12 months was 139.2 per 1,000 residents and was 182.3% higher than the Goodshaw & Cribden average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Bank Court (BB4 8FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnley Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Bank Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parrock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Driver Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stables Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back York Street —
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Data Sources

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