Crime Rates at Lord Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5JY

Lord Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Brierfield East & Clover Hill , and the 107th highest crime rate of 297 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 Lord Street (BB9 5JY) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% lower than the Brierfield East & Clover Hill average (115.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lord Street (BB9 5JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Union Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redman Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.