Total Crime Rate
230.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025School Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Whitworth , and the 16th highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .
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 School Terrace (OL12 8RG) in the last 12 months was 230.0 per 1,000 residents and was 145.3% higher than the Whitworth average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around School Terrace (OL12 8RG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thorneylea | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitworth Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooltop Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnedge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnedge Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Milner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thorneylea | Awaiting court outcome |
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