Total Crime Rate
276.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holgate Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Netherton , and the 25th 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 Holgate Street (BB6 7JD) in the last 12 months was 276.5 per 1,000 residents and was 113.0% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 156.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holgate Street (BB6 7JD), the main crime hotspot is near St John'S Street. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Overton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noble Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nowell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomax Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reed Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B6535 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hubert'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Segar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaconsfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Passage | Under investigation |
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