Total Crime Rate
456.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
318.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Euxton Lane area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 6th highest crime rate of 368 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 Euxton Lane (PR7 1PS) in the last 12 months was 456.3 per 1,000 residents and was 309.2% 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 117 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 131 (≈ 318.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Euxton Lane (PR7 1PS), the main crime hotspot is near Dutch Barn Close. Police recorded 166 crimes here, including 123 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 | Dutch Barn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Spinney | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dutch Barn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dutch Barn Close | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dutch Barn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dutch Barn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Barn Close | Under investigation |
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