Total Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fernhill Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Britannia & Lee Mill , and the 77th highest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .

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 Fernhill Avenue (OL13 8JX) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% higher than the Britannia & Lee Mill average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernhill Avenue (OL13 8JX), the main crime hotspot is near Hammond Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fernhill Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Line Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Crest —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammond Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hammond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holme Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holme Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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