Total Crime Rate
791.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
237.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market Street area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bacup , and the 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 Market Street (OL13 0AJ) in the last 12 months was 791.1 per 1,000 residents and was 420.6% higher than the Bacup average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 237.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (OL13 0AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hammerton Green. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Britannia & Lee Mill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lumb Scar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Industrial Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Industrial Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Bank | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kershaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stanley Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heys Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A681 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A681 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A681 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Yorkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | King Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumb Scar | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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