Total Crime Rate

241.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 241.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.6 10/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lenches Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Waterside & Horsfield , and the 27th highest crime rate of 298 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 Lenches Road (BB8 8ET) in the last 12 months was 241.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% higher than the Waterside & Horsfield average (130.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 86.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lenches Road (BB8 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Zion Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bold Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lenches Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Zion Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Zion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Fold —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lenches Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bold Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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