Total Crime Rate
139.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillbrook Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Broadfield , and the 60th 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 Hillbrook Road (PR25 2XN) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% higher than the Broadfield average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillbrook Road (PR25 2XN), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Balshaw Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hillbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balshaw Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Golden Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hillbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tuer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Legion Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadgreen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hall Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heys Hunt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heys Hunt Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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