Total Crime Rate

37.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.8 4/10
  • Violent crimes 26.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ullswater Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ullswater Road (PR7 2JB) in the last 12 months was 37.8 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ullswater Road (PR7 2JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mountbatten Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ullswater Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Egerton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scawfell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moor Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scawfell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B5251 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime B5251 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bamber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bamber Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bamber Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calder Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Douglas Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tootell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Buttermere Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Egerton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Egerton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Oakwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lakeland Gardens

Data Sources

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