Total Crime Rate
486.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillbrook Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Broadfield , and the 6th 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 Hillbrook Road (PR25 2XL) in the last 12 months was 486.3 per 1,000 residents and was 296.6% higher than the Broadfield average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 54.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 203.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillbrook Road (PR25 2XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillbrook Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbrook Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broadfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forrester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forrester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hillbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadgreen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forrester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ryan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balshaw Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Green | Under investigation |
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