Total Crime Rate

140.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 140.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Other crime 13.8 10/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Great Meadow area has the 6th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Buckshaw & Whittle , and the 58th 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 Great Meadow (PR7 1TA) in the last 12 months was 140.9 per 1,000 residents and was 115.8% higher than the Buckshaw & Whittle average (65.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Meadow (PR7 1TA), the main crime hotspot is near Great Meadow. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Meadow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Meadow —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harewood —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Great Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Meadow —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadfields —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banastre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadfields —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broadfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Croft Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Croft Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Studfold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clough Acre —
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Data Sources

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