Total Crime Rate

98.7 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 98.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitworth Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Buckshaw & Whittle , and the 101st highest crime rate of 370 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 Whitworth Drive (PR7 2PD) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the Buckshaw & Whittle average (65.3 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitworth Drive (PR7 2PD), the main crime hotspot is near Mountbatten Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitworth Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nab Wood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Isleworth Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dam Wood Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Folly Wood Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Squares Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountbatten Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thirlmere Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Isleworth Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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