Total Crime Rate
2228.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stanley Place area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 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 Stanley Place (PR7 1AE) in the last 12 months was 2228.8 per 1,000 residents and was 998.3% higher than the Chorley North West average (202.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 214 (≈ 906.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Place (PR7 1AE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chorley North West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friday Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Friday Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shepherds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
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