Crime Rates at Grime Street, Chorley, PR7 3EW

Grime Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 90th 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 Grime Street (PR7 3EW) in the last 12 months was 107.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grime Street (PR7 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King Street, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pilling Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.