Total Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 41.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 16.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 12.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lees Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Adlington & Anderton , and the 138th 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 Lees Road (PR6 9PP) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% lower than the Adlington & Anderton average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lees Road (PR6 9PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rothwell Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melling Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lees Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epsom Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothwell Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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