Total Crime Rate

57.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 27.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Myrtle Cottages area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bacup , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 224 local areas in Rossendale .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Myrtle Cottages (OL13 9JU) in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% lower than the Bacup average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Cottages (OL13 9JU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reed Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickup Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pickup Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pickup Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pickup Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pickup Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Yorkshire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Yorkshire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Britannia Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pickup Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Reed Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reed Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hammerton Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kershaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Industrial Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Industrial Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lumb Scar Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumb Scar Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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