Total Crime Rate

213.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 213.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Union Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Immanuel , and the 47th 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 Union Road (BB5 3DD) in the last 12 months was 213.3 per 1,000 residents and was 97.5% higher than the Immanuel average (108.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Road (BB5 3DD), the main crime hotspot is near South Shore Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Union Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Shore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sun Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Backhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Paddock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxhill Bank Brow Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haworth Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colliers Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Off Mount Pleasant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colliers Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Shore Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coach Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Shore Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Monarch Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Street —
Sep 2025Public order South Shore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Shore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Street —
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Data Sources

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