Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Long Croft Meadow area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Buckshaw & Whittle , and the 114th 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 Long Croft Meadow (PR7 1TR) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Croft Meadow (PR7 1TR), the main crime hotspot is near Dutch Barn Close. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Croft Meadow area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dutch Barn Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dutch Barn Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Croft Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broadfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dutch Barn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Studfold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Croft Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadfields
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Euxton Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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