Total Crime Rate
235.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Inkerman Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bacup , and the 15th 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 Inkerman Street (OL13 9JD) in the last 12 months was 235.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher than the Bacup average (157.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Inkerman Street (OL13 9JD), the main crime hotspot is near Hammerton Green. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bacup| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kershaw Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Industrial Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Venture Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammerton Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammerton Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammerton Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammerton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Crescent | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Clover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Springfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Britannia Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A681 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Myrtle Bank Road | Under investigation |
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