Total Crime Rate

45.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whalley Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Chatburn , and the 90th highest crime rate of 200 local areas in Ribble Valley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whalley Road (BB7 9DZ) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% lower than the Chatburn average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whalley Road (BB7 9DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Court, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gardeners Row (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whalley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wesley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gardeners Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gardeners Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gardeners Row Under investigation
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Data Sources

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