Total Crime Rate
406.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charnock 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 Charnock Street (PR25 3EB) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Charnock Street (PR25 3EB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Broadfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Turpin Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hough Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stanley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpin Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
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