Total Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Netherton , and the 8th 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 Park Road (BB6 7RW) in the last 12 months was 14.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% lower than the Netherton average (129.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
In the area around Park Road (BB6 7RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Edmund'S Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Overton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Cecilia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Edmund'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomax Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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