Total Crime Rate
80.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 126th highest crime rate of 368 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 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower than the Chorley North West average (212.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Road (PR7 2DH), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 29 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 | Vehicle crime | Rydal Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whalley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fazakerley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collison Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fazakerley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fazakerley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillibrand Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avondale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foundry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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