Total Crime Rate

85.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 27.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Moorside Drive area has the 18th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Altham , and the 122nd 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 Moorside Drive (BB5 5XD) in the last 12 months was 85.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% lower than the Altham average (91.8 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 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorside Drive (BB5 5XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lancaster Drive, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devonshire Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moorside Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clayton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Simmons Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Burnley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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