Total Crime Rate

110.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 110.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bolton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Adlington & Anderton , and the 89th 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 Bolton Road (PR6 9HH) in the last 12 months was 110.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% higher than the Adlington & Anderton average (73.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolton Road (PR6 9HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grimeford Lane, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bolton Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bolton Road area

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