Total Crime Rate
184.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsley Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 37th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsley Drive (PR7 2NE) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsley Drive (PR7 2NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lakeland Gardens, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clover Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moss Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brancker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dam Wood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keepers Wood Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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