Total Crime Rate

13.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 13.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Withnell Fold Old Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chorley North East , and the 42nd lowest crime rate of 370 local areas in Chorley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Withnell Fold Old Road (PR6 8QG) in the last 12 months was 13.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Chorley North East average (44.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Withnell Fold Old Road (PR6 8QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queensway, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Railway Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Withnell Fold Old Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heather Lea Drive

Data Sources

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