Total Crime Rate
246.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Waterside & Horsfield , and the 26th highest crime rate of 298 local areas in Pendle .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Road (BB8 0BS) in the last 12 months was 246.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% higher than the Waterside & Horsfield average (130.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (BB8 0BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laithe Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Waterside & Horsfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primet Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birtwistle Hyde Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Robinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Calder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Hagg Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Hagg Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Hagg Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cross Hagg Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Atkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spring Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spring Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spring Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spring Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Duke Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fothergill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Arches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Arches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Centaur Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawley Street | — |
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