Total Crime Rate

170.2 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 170.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • 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

Lindadale Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnfield , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .

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 Lindadale Avenue (BB5 0NG) in the last 12 months was 170.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower than the Barnfield average (304.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lindadale Avenue (BB5 0NG), the main crime hotspot is near Chestnut Grove. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lindadale Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Rough Hey Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairclough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Grove
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Willows Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindadale Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunny Shop Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rough Hey Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crosley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunny Shop Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunny Shop Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chestnut Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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