Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Railway Terrace area has the 19th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Netherton , and the 127th lowest crime rate of 268 local areas in Hyndburn .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Railway Terrace (BB6 7EH) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% lower than the Netherton average (129.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -84.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Railway Terrace (BB6 7EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prospect Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Netherton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Segar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomax Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noble Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reed Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reed Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hubert'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Town Hall Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellington Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Street | Under investigation |
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