Total Crime Rate

48.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 48.4 5/10
  • Violent crimes 31.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Foster Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 166th lowest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .

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 Foster Street (PR6 0AY) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Chorley East average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foster Street (PR6 0AY), the main crime hotspot is near Aniline Street. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Foster Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Vicarage Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nab Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nab Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epping Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Granville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nab Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aniline Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aniline Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aniline Street
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Aniline Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaskell Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vicarage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moss Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gaskell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gaskell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Curate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Curate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Nab Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Geoffrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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