Total Crime Rate

532.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 532.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 252.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 110.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Walton Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Samlesbury & Walton , and the 6th 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 Higher Walton Road (PR5 4HA) in the last 12 months was 532.1 per 1,000 residents and was 349.3% higher than the Samlesbury & Walton average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 114.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Walton Road (PR5 4HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Samlesbury & Walton

Crime Over Time in Higher Walton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butcher Brow —
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Data Sources

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