Total Crime Rate
370.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moor Lane area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Edisford & Low Moor , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 201 local areas in Ribble Valley .
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 Moor Lane (BB7 1BE) in the last 12 months was 370.8 per 1,000 residents and was 940.2% higher than the Edisford & Low Moor average (35.7 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 150.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moor Lane (BB7 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brennand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Duck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Giles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowergate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mearley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Station Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Station Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brotherton Meadows | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Candlemakers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turner Street | Under investigation |
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