Total Crime Rate
80.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ribble Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bacup , and the 96th 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 Ribble Street (OL13 9RH) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ribble Street (OL13 9RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Court, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anderson Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Britannia & Lee Mill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Line | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Line | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ribble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribble Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anderson Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Sidings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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