Total Crime Rate
133.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seymour Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 66th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Seymour Street (PR6 0RR) in the last 12 months was 133.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seymour Street (PR6 0RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brighton Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heald Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delamere Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moss Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gaskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gaskell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Progress Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Progress Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilkerran Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowland Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Steeley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charnock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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