Total Crime Rate
231.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Waterside & Horsfield , and the 31st highest crime rate of 297 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 Green Road (BB8 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 231.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Waterside & Horsfield average (127.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Road (BB8 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harold Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laithe Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primet Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laithe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laithe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laithe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laithe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laithe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Arches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knotts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Hagg Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hagg Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Centaur Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pendlemist View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Crabtree Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parsonage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pendlemist View | Under investigation |
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