Total Crime Rate
121.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Waterside & Horsfield , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Street (BB8 0DH) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Waterside & Horsfield average (127.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Street (BB8 0DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Zion Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spring Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Derby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raglan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birtwistle Hyde Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
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