Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
190.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Bradley , and the 9th highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Street (BB9 8SQ) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 207.4% higher than the Bradley average (139.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 190.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Street (BB9 8SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Swinden Hall Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Helmn Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elder Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cravendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thursby Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thursby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colbran Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cravendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swinden Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swinden Hall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alpha Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swinden Hall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cravendale Avenue | Under investigation |
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