Total Crime Rate

66.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 66.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 91st lowest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Street (BB5 6QP) in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Huncoat average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (BB5 6QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hodder Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turkey Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Water Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hodder Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pinewood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waddington Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Park Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hodder Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Park Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spencer Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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