Total Crime Rate

133.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 133.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 68.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cavendish 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 Cavendish Street (PR6 0RU) 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 Cavendish Street (PR6 0RU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Lord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gaskell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meakin Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windermere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windermere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longton Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moss Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brighton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gaskell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Progress Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Meakin Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Progress Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamere Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kilkerran Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epping Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charnock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowland Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Steeley Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meakin Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaskell Street

Data Sources

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