Total Crime Rate

3.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3.9 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.9 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Copster Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Alston & Hothersall , and the lowest crime rate of 201 local areas in Ribble Valley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Copster Drive (PR3 3SH) in the last 12 months was 3.9 per 1,000 residents and was 95.2% lower than the Alston & Hothersall average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copster Drive (PR3 3SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dixon Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Copster Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swarbrick Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairsnape Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Dunderdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dixon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spade Mill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swarbrick Court Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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