Total Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 55.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Chorley East , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 370 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 Park Road (PR7 1QZ) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower than the Chorley East average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 139.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Road (PR7 1QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Lancaster Court. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lancaster Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Astley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Astley Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Bengal Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highfield Road South —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lancaster Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erindale Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Erindale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravenhill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenhill Drive —
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Data Sources

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