Total Crime Rate
82.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckingham Grove area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Church , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 268 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 Buckingham Grove (BB5 4AQ) in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% lower than the Church average (171.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Grove (BB5 4AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Grove. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Riding Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riding Barn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrington Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Buckingham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckingham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Riding Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glynn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emma Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Place | Under investigation |
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