Total Crime Rate
62.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarendon Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 82nd lowest crime rate of 268 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 Clarendon Street (BB5 6SZ) in the last 12 months was 62.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% lower than the Huncoat average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarendon Street (BB5 6SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Park Street. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 15 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 | Other crime | Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bertha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coppice Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moleside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mansion Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plantation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Plantation Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hodder Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion Street South | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Park Street | Under investigation |
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