Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Other crime 18.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Scott Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Immanuel , and the 135th lowest 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 Scott Close (BB5 4RD) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scott Close (BB5 4RD), the main crime hotspot is near Wordsworth Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Scott Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Patterdale Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ennerdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wordsworth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary A679 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunster Avenue —
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Data Sources

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