Total Crime Rate
279.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunderdale Street area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Alston & Hothersall , and the 5th highest crime rate of 200 local areas in Ribble Valley .
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 Dunderdale Street (PR3 3WB) in the last 12 months was 279.5 per 1,000 residents and was 268.4% higher than the Alston & Hothersall average (75.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunderdale Street (PR3 3WB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Humber Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alston & Hothersall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spinney Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hodder Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hill Crest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holly Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Irwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Irwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fell Brow | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Humber Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunderdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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