Total Crime Rate
167.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lodge Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 72nd 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 Lodge Street (BB5 6EH) in the last 12 months was 167.2 per 1,000 residents and was 107.5% higher than the Huncoat average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lodge Street (BB5 6EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avenue Parade, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sydney Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coppice Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avenue Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Addison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A679 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arago Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Park Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Foster Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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