Total Crime Rate
174.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Normoss Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hardhorn with High Cross , and the 54th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .
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 Normoss Road (FY3 8QL) in the last 12 months was 174.1 per 1,000 residents and was 196.8% higher than the Hardhorn with High Cross average (58.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Normoss Road (FY3 8QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pershore Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hardhorn with High Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thornbank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dobson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dobson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dobson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dobson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pershore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pershore Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Local resolution |
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