Total Crime Rate
189.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stratford Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Boulsworth & Foulridge , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
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 Stratford Way (BB8 0QL) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 279.2% higher than the Boulsworth & Foulridge average (50.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stratford Way (BB8 0QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilac Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oak 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 | St Stephen'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilac Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mabel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rutland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Casserley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Varley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Buttermere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Street | — |
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