Total Crime Rate
114.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devonport Way area has the 24th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 81st highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Devonport Way (PR6 0TE) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -15.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonport Way (PR6 0TE), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Saint James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | 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 | Meakin Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Meakin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moss Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colyton Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Froom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meakin Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gaskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gaskell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Under investigation |
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