Total Crime Rate
233.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queen Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Altham , and the 39th highest crime rate of 268 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 Queen Street (BB5 5QL) in the last 12 months was 233.9 per 1,000 residents and was 154.7% higher than the Altham average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 112.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Street (BB5 5QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Street, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pickup Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clayton-le-Moors| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Arthur Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequers | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A680 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A680 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A680 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A680 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branch Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Francis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A680 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
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