Total Crime Rate
369.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hood Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 15th highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .
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 Hood Street (BB5 1BW) in the last 12 months was 369.6 per 1,000 residents and was 295.4% higher than the Huncoat average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 212.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hood Street (BB5 1BW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Huncoat| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aitken Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramsbottom Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramsbottom Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Water Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Water Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arago Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arago Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsbottom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsbottom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aitken Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Railway View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aitken Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Street | — |
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