Total Crime Rate

406.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 406.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 122.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.8 8/10
  • Public order 36.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Meadow Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Broadfield , and the 10th highest crime rate of 369 local areas in South Ribble .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Street (PR25 2LA) in the last 12 months was 406.5 per 1,000 residents and was 235.2% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Street (PR25 2LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malden Street, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hough Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sumner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothwell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Walk —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Malden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alice Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Street —

Data Sources

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