Total Crime Rate
670.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel Brow area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Broadfield , and the 4th 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 Chapel Brow (PR5 2NE) in the last 12 months was 670.8 per 1,000 residents and was 453.1% higher than the Broadfield average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 189.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Brow (PR5 2NE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farington Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Turpin Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpin Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marshalls Brow | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennett Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hough Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stanley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewitt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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