Total Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Huttock End Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Britannia & Lee Mill , and the 63rd 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 Huttock End Lane (OL13 8LS) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% higher than the Britannia & Lee Mill average (60.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Huttock End Lane (OL13 8LS), the main crime hotspot is near Brearley Street. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitewell & Stacksteads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Branch Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Gardens | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huttock End Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brearley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old School Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farholme Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashworth Street | Under investigation |
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