Total Crime Rate
224.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eaves Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 24th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
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 Eaves Lane (PR6 0TA) in the last 12 months was 224.9 per 1,000 residents and was 101.7% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 107.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eaves Lane (PR6 0TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brighton Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Valley View (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delamere Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aniline Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aniline Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meakin Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meakin Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Meakin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aniline Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Froom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gaskell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colyton Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moss Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gaskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Progress Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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