Total Crime Rate

13.5 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 13.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Lower Hill Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Adlington & Anderton , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 370 local areas in Chorley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Hill Drive (PR6 9JP) in the last 12 months was 13.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.6% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Hill Drive (PR6 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Green, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Vale (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Hill Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heathfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathfield

Data Sources

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