Total Crime Rate

101.3 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 101.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Regent Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 100th 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 Regent Road (PR7 2DH) in the last 12 months was 101.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% lower than the Chorley North West average (202.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Road (PR7 2DH), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Regent Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Coventry Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cottam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Foundry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coventry Street —
Sep 2025Public order Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheapside —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheapside —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Avondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coventry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coventry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regent Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bannister Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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