Total Crime Rate

38.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 38.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Venables Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Boulsworth & Foulridge , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 298 local areas in Pendle .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Venables Avenue (BB8 7DG) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% lower than the Boulsworth & Foulridge average (51.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Venables Avenue (BB8 7DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oak Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vincent Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Venables Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vincent Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Weavers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thirlmere Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime St Stephen'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vincent Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allendale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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