Total Crime Rate
69.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thirlmere Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 145th highest 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 Thirlmere Road (PR7 2JH) in the last 12 months was 69.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thirlmere Road (PR7 2JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moor Road, where police recorded 34 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.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Egerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scawfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scawfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillibrand Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillibrand Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillibrand Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillibrand Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buttermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Egerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dam Wood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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