Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cragg Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Boulsworth & Foulridge , and the 103rd 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 Cragg Street (BB8 9AY) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 107.1% higher than the Boulsworth & Foulridge average (50.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cragg Street (BB8 9AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Slater Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cragg Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Slater Avenue —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Wordsworth Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Other theft Spring Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Valley Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Back Derby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitchell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hartley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birtwistle Hyde Park —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spring Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Argyle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Back Hall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Back Bond Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Spring Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Wordsworth Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Crabtree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parsonage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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