Total Crime Rate
225.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Quarry Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chorley North East , and the 27th highest crime rate of 370 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 Quarry Road (PR6 8RB) in the last 12 months was 225.0 per 1,000 residents and was 401.3% higher 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 104.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quarry Road (PR6 8RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queensway, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Derby Street (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley North East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Lea Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Road | Under investigation |
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