Total Crime Rate

150.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Sandy Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnfield , and the 85th highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandy Lane (BB5 2AR) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandy Lane (BB5 2AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hodder Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oswald Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandy Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mansion Street South —
Sep 2025Public order Quarry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Christ Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midland Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midland Street —
Sep 2025Public order Beech Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birtwistle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birtwistle Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cedar Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bertha Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaconsfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Timber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hodder Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hodder Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paul Metcalf Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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