Crime Rates at Blackledge Place, Chorley, PR6 0FF

Blackledge Place area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 75th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackledge Place (PR6 0FF) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackledge Place (PR6 0FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clifford Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.