Total Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Grove area has the 21st highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Grove (PR7 1JX) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% higher than the Chorley East average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Grove (PR7 1JX), the main crime hotspot is near Cannon Street. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collison Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fazakerley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fazakerley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillibrand Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fazakerley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Fazakerley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cannon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fazakerley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shaftesbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Fazakerley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Fazakerley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
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