Total Crime Rate
759.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
274.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lee Street area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 4th highest crime rate of 268 local areas in Hyndburn .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lee Street (BB5 6RP) in the last 12 months was 759.4 per 1,000 residents and was 842.5% higher than the Huncoat average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 74.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 274.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lee Street (BB5 6RP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plantation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
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