Total Crime Rate
287.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lupin Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 29th 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 Lupin Close (BB5 4SD) in the last 12 months was 287.4 per 1,000 residents and was 207.5% higher than the Huncoat average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -34.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (β 129.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lupin Close (BB5 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Huncoat| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Worcester Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Worcester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queens Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queens Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyndburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lupin Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lupin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pansy Street South | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pansy Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milnshaw Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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