Total Crime Rate

101.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Royal Avenue area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Broadfield , and the 113th highest crime rate of 369 local areas in South Ribble .

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 Royal Avenue (PR25 1BQ) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% lower than the Broadfield average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 110.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Avenue (PR25 1BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cumberland Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royal Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maplewood Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maplewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maplewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Brook Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Shaw Brook Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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