Total Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eller Brook Close area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Adlington & Anderton , and the 135th lowest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eller Brook Close (PR6 9NQ) in the last 12 months was 40.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower than the Adlington & Anderton average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eller Brook Close (PR6 9NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highfield Road North, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chorley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eller Brook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croston Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Croston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highfield Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
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