Total Crime Rate

119.4 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 119.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Nursery Close area has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Broadfield , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 369 local areas in South Ribble .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Close (PR25 1NS) in the last 12 months was 119.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Broadfield average (121.3 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Close (PR25 1NS), the main crime hotspot is near Spring Gardens. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodlands Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haig Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haig Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Close —
Sep 2025Public order Haig Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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