Total Crime Rate
247.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Washington Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 34th 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 Washington Street (BB5 6PH) in the last 12 months was 247.1 per 1,000 residents and was 206.7% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 123.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Washington Street (BB5 6PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avenue Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bertha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastgate | Under investigation |
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