Total Crime Rate
116.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Taylor Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Goodshaw & Cribden , and the 66th 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 Taylor Street (BB4 8HB) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 126.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Taylor Street (BB4 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lark Hill (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 | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Mount Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockliffe Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenyon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crankshaw Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unity Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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