Total Crime Rate
300.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Netherton , and the 19th 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 Bridge Street (BB6 7NQ) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 131.1% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 152.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street (BB6 7NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Town Hall Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaconsfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hall Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lowerfold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nowell Street | — |
| 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 | Town Hall Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowerfold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomax Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Town Hall Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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